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Cat Publishing is pleased to announce the release
of the debut collection of poems by Knoxville, Tennessee author Laura
Still.
For
most of us, life is a journey guided by knowledge but dependent on
faith when understanding fails to shed light in darkness. Guardians
is Laura’s personal journey, but I will accompany her often
as I recognize the ‘scarcity of moments,’ the need to
‘rekindle my faith,’ and look for ‘windows of grace.’
Advance Praise:
“Many of these poems read like praise song, whether describing
childhood’s lost landscape, Paris at twilight, or carrying a
stone into the labyrinth. Like a labyrinth and the many rivers that
course through it, this collection reads like a journey, a joyful
and heartfelt seeking toward a deeper emotional and spiritual connection
in the human as well as heavenly realm.”
—Judy Loest
“Generous,
accessible, and unaffected, these poems are little phoenixes like
the fireweed in the poem by that name. Each one of them celebrates
the spirit's victory--art's victory--over loss and sorrow. Each object,
moment, and event is wrapped tenderly in the lyrical weave of redemptive
song.”
—Marilyn Kallet
“Laura
Still’s debut collection of poems shimmers like a painting;
her word canvas is color-driven with themes of light and shadow that
contour a sense of wonder and mystery. Animals and minerals, trees
and plants, fire, air, water, earth—these are the elements Still
offers as an open prayer, “small graces” that remind us
that “we find our best strength / when brought to our knees.”
In this journey we ride “the river of words forgotten”
as the poet searches for love, for spirituality, for miracles of resurrection
amid loss and destruction. Guardians is a “gracious
fire” of words and images.”
—Marianne Worthington
“This
is a beautiful gathering of poems. They lift the heart and eyes to
numinous windows lit with voice, spirit, grace.”
—Don Williams
To order Guardians, please go to our catalogue.
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