Prayer For The Misbegotten: Poems by Julia Carlson - Softcover

Carlson, Julia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1973723395 ISBN 13: 9781973723394

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Winter’s coming, and you’re ready because you don’t have a choice. There is no quaint New England in these poems. No pretty fall colors, no kids laughing on a summer beach. They bespeak the dead of winter. You’ll hear the cracking of ice, slush on the harbor, arctic channels. The prayed-for misbegotten are all of us, including the animals (sparrows, a turtle, a cow, guinea pigs, various species of birds). Verse that is bracing, inclement, severe and 100% natural. It is the man-made disasters for which she reserves judgement: the plight of the homeless man in a Boston winter, a train platform in France from which 50,000 Jews had been shipped camp-ward, abuse of animals, coal mine explosions... “Acts of God I can forgive, but not the acts of men.” -Dawn Oberg, Songwriter

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About the Author

After earning a degree in Philosophy from Boston University, Julia Carlson lived in the South of France where she learned the secrets of French cuisine. While studying linguistics at the University of Toulouse- le-Mirail, she began writing poetry. Carlson is author of two chapbooks, Turn of the Century (Cloudkeeper Press) and Drift (March Hare Press). Her poetry has been published in many small presses. She has been awarded a Davis-Kidd poetry prize, first place prize for poetry from Fresh! Magazine, and the 2017 PoetryKit Spring Competition. A Cantabrigian, she likes rock and roll, and a wee dram on a cold and snowy night.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1973723395
• ISBN 13: 9781973723394
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 52
• Editor: Oddball Magazine Publishing
• Illustrator: Esch Stacy