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Watermarks

by (author) Laura Burkhart

Publisher
Wild Sage Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2013
Category
Love
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780988122932
    Publish Date
    Jul 2013
    List Price
    $15.00

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 14 to 18
  • Grade: 9 to 12

Description

Watermarks highlights the often subtle yet indelible impact of ordinary and profound life experiences. Traversing physical landscapes from Saskatchewan to Hawai'i, with stops in Asia and the Middle East, these poems explore the emotional landscapes of life's transitions. With humour and optimism, the poems invite the reader to examine closely and feel deeply the spectrum of emotions that come with maturity, life changes and acceptance.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Laura holds an MFA in poetry and fiction from Vermont College. Her first book of poetry, Venus Rising, was short-listed for two Saskatchewan book awards. She has had work published in literary journals, broadcast on CBC Radio, and performed by Regina's Globe Theatre.

Excerpt: Watermarks (by (author) Laura Burkhart)

Night Light

At sunrise even the morning star sleeps.
All those twinkles gone: each name,
trajectory, history overwhelmed
by dawn. Now they slumber like cows

in the pasture while we fill our days
with other escapades that keep
us from remembering the awe.
We go about our lives as if our sun

were an only child, this earth the only
spinning orb, our petty irritations,
thoughts, opinions, the only ones
that matter. Last night even the wind 

held its breath, windmill ceased to spin,
when the sky dropped its jeweled cloak,
gentle hymn of cows, the stars,
duet of light.

Editorial Reviews

"...truly, Burkhart's Watermarks is a tour of gaping wonder. While asking the big questions about life, her command of sound alone lifts us to that higher plane of the sublime."

- Devin Pacholik, Pages and Patches

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