Beautifully illustrated with Christina Laurie's pen and ink drawings, Song of the Dancer includes a few haiku and newly created poems in this second volume of poetry.
Short poems plump with vibrant images of sea, sun and "spider strands" that "catch the dawn // in the garden."
The poems come from deep within, as Christina Laurie sees the ordinary in extraordinary ways.
Her simple phrases and visual metaphors leave a lasting memory, taking you to a place where language meets the soul.
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Short poems plump with vibrant images of sea, sun and "spider strands" that "catch the dawn // in the garden."
The poems come from deep within, as Christina Laurie sees the ordinary in extraordinary ways.
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song of the Dancer
Christina Laurie's short poems are plump with vibrant images of sea, sun, "spider strands" that "catch the dawn//In the garden." Her accompanying line drawings capture the essence of nature.
Song of the Dancer
Christina Laurie writes about what she knows, about what comes from deep within, from the "cave" of her belly. She sees the ordinary in extraordinary ways.
Song of the Dancer
Christina Laurie's simple phrases and visual metaphors leave a lasting memory. Her writing takes you to a place where language meets the soul.
Using Calgary as a backdrop the author satirizes the self-serving nature of the public as it continues to fatten itself, not only physically, but egotistically as well.
