Tide Roaring In - Softcover

MacVeagh Bourne, Adele

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1945752173 ISBN 13: 9781945752179

Publisher: Kelsay Books, 2016

Synopsis

Tide Roaring In is a moving work of conscience and connection, coolly reminding us of the humanity we aspire to and the fragile animals we are. In poems of protection and exposure, reasonable fears and unreasonable events, Bourne is clear-eyed but never jaded as she unravels the past into the present, sorting loves and losses like buttons. Amid dreamy landscapes of the northeast and suppers on the porch, the poet wonders “how to rearrange all that had not gone well” and reflects on the grace that anchors us even in the most difficult moments—perhaps especially the difficult ones. Like the tree offering sweet rest to a passing eagle in the opening poem, Bourne’s vivid second collection has both roots and wings.
—Paula Champa, Author of The Afterlife of Emerson Tang

Adele Bourne’s poems capture moments from humorous to painful and from worldly-wise to world-weary. She shows us that whatever the situation, it is part of the fabric of all of our lives. Bourne is a daughter, a friend, a lover, a wife, a mother, a teacher, and a citizen of the Earth. Each role has its place on its own, and in collaboration with the others. Bourne’s manifold poetic talents reveal themselves in her ability to spin her artistic web broadly and personally, as well as to touch her readers with petit point precision.
—Carolyn Davis, MSLIS, Author of How to Write Persuasively Today

Admirable throughout, filled with passion and intelligence, these poems are an urgent exploration of the places where grief resides. Tide Roaring In serves as a compelling testament to the extraordinary, unflinching gaze of this poet as she luminously interweaves personal mythologies of loss and rebirth with that of the natural world. Superbly crafted, these lyrical poems are lit by the experience of discovery and delight. With masterful imagery and alluring wit, Bourne casts an eye into the ineffable as she juxtaposes the ordinary with the tragic. Chiaroscuro of loss, longing, and the light of possibilities, Bourne’s keen vision bursts from the page: “All this hunger, all this breathing / shape us as we dream. Silently, / we find each other in the dark.”
—Beatrice Lazarus, Editor of Lay Bare the Canvas

About this title

About the Author

Adele earned her BA from Bryn Mawr College, attended the Harvard Graduate School of Education, moved to Washington, D.C., worked for a U.S. Representative, and then for GWETA’s first educational television program, Time for Science. She married, had three children, moved to New York, divorced, worked for the World Law Fund and then taught English, theater, and directed the arts program at the same private school in Bedford, NY, she had attended as a child. She also completed her MA at Columbia Teachers College, then luckily remarried and moved with her new husband, John Setliffe Bourne, a computer whiz as well as a fellow poet, to Moorestown, NJ, where they lived for the next 38 years .

Edition details

• Publisher: Kelsay Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1945752173
• ISBN 13: 9781945752179
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64