torches in shadows

Bys: Rohde, Cornelia and Ohbi, Hester

Combining contemporary poetry and painting, Torches in Shadows is a rich collection of the work of collaborating artists Cornelia Rohde and Hester Ohbi. Abstract and lyrical, Ohbi's paintings and collages are a lively evocation of the unseen that are chosen to resonate with a spectrum of poems inspired by the life Rohde experienced in Bangladesh, Haiti, India, Bahamas, Indonesia and South Africa. Her poems explore her perceptions in surprising ways, with a hospitality that welcomes the reader immediately. Whether shadow dancing in the Amatola Mountains, gazing into the eye of an octopus on the Grand Bahama Bank, sailing through rice fields in Bengal, or observing a snail in a Zen garden, her poems engage us with their diversity, and often entice the reader into the unexpected: feeding a dung beetle passion seeds, creating blushing confections of verse with Neruda, or finding the sources of our hidden river gods. The images in the paintings and poems are by turns amusing, surprising, or intangible, but always off-beat and evocative. Torches in Shadows is a unique pairing of poetry and art.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530029732
• ISBN13: 9781530029730
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.2" x 5.5"