Walking Sticks (Poems) - Softcover

Dudley Laufman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 097937782X ISBN 13: 9780979377822

Publisher: Beech River Books, 2007

Synopsis

Dudley Laufman has been nominated for a National Heritage Fellowship and is the recipient of a Governor's Award in the Arts Lifetime Achievement Folk Heritage Award for his work in music and contra-dance calling. This collection of 135 poems that span several decades confirms his equal dedication as a poet. The writing is firmly rooted in a story-telling tradition that is folksy, approachable, and unpretentious. Laufman shows us how to love the land, animals, plants and people with a tender appreciation of their inner qualities and with subdued but sustained wonder at the power of each experience that makes up a life. Mr. Laufman has had a celebrated career as the leader of the Canterbury Dance Orchestra, playing and calling New England jigs and reels as part of the folk revival. Since 1986 he and Jacqueline Laufman have been performing as Two Fiddles, still playing and calling dances with a distinctive, earthy sound. Laufman's poetry has been published in over 15 books and chapbooks since 1964, including Wind in the Timothy, Orchard and Garden, and The Stone Man. Walking Sticks is the most extensive collection of his life's work.

About this edition

• Publisher: Beech River Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 097937782X
• ISBN 13: 9780979377822
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Illustrator: Jacqueline Laufman