Watermarks
- Publisher
- Wild Sage Press
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2013
- Category
- Love
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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