River Country

by Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604610034
• ISBN13: 9781604610031
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Independent Publisher
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

River Country

Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda's *River Country* takes readers on a celebratory journey into Nature's rich territory. In "By the Bay," the poet asks, "What is it about the Bay / that startles the heart?" Kreiter-Foronda's craft is sure, the images compelling, and the voice inviting as the poet answers her own question, combining finely-detailed word pictures with brief commentaries of discovery. In "Dragon Run," for example, "against my jaw a damselfly's flutter" . . ."I breathe in / these wetlands like a wild iris." And in "Blood Moon," readers are advised to "Wait until night dips / like a tango." We could not ask for a more astute guide through a landscape that invites us to take a closer look at the natural world and to reconsider our place in it.

River Country: a rare treasure

Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda's musical language will enchant. Her power of description and attention to color and light adds to the lush, rich detail of her poems which spring to life like paintings of words. Not only does she "know" the nature in her work from a scientific perspective but, more importantly, from an innate, "felt" perspective, as well. She approaches each subject with wonder and respect and serves as a terrific ambassador and voice for not only a specific region but for all of nature, and what we, as humans, can do to learn from, appreciate, and protect in her. Her work is both inspired and inspiring and sure to be treasured by a great range of readers. Poetry and nature enthusiasts have a true gem.