WHISPERS OF THE HEART is artist and author J. Allen Wilson's second book of poetry.It can be autographed and shipped within 48 hours of order. NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world."
-- Percy Bysshe Shelley, "A Defense of Poetry"
Background
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Elizabeth Spencer Spragins is a poet, writer, and editor who taught in North Carolina community colleges for more than a decade before returning to her home state of Virginia.
Her collections of original poetry include "Waltzing With Water: Tempos in Verse" and "With No Bridle for the Breeze: Ungrounded Verse" (Shanti Arts Publishing) and "The Language of Bones: American Journeys Through Bardic Verse" (Kelsay Books).
The author writes in a variety of traditional poetic forms that celebrate the beauty and mystery of landscapes. Her tanka and bardic verse in the Celtic style have been published in England, Scotland, Canada, India, Indonesia, Mauritius, Singapore, Turkey, and the United States.
An avid swimmer and an enthusiastic fiber artist, she currently lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Accomplishments
Third place in the 2020 Nancy Byrd Turner Competition (sponsored by the Poetry Society of Virginia).
Third place in the 2018 Bess Gresham Memorial Competition (sponsored by the Poetry Society of Virginia).
Third place in the 2018 Riverside Writers Golden Nib competition.
Third place in the 2017 Karma Deane Ogden Memorial Competition (sponsored by the Poetry Society of Virginia).
Honorable mention in the 2016 poetry competition of the Society of Classical Poets.