Walking in a Landscape of Words - Softcover

Hoxsey, Pamela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0964924722 ISBN 13: 9780964924727

Publisher: Edwin House Pub Inc, 1998

Synopsis

Whether we describe it as poetry in prose, free verse, or some other genre, one thing is certain Walking in a Landscape of Words is a story about the workings of the mind, its inherent problems, what it would take to go beyond it, and what happens when it ceases its constant activity, if even for a brief moment. The poet goes instantly, not gradually, to the heart of the matter of our common human predicament. An existential journey, a series of koan-like metaphysical riddles.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Publisher's Weekly reports through 1997 that poetry books have never had such strong sales. In the American tradition, beginning with Emerson, nature poetry is a perennial best seller. In the annals of inspirational literature there are volumes from stars great and small, seers and lesser known visionaries who often are observing life and nature as simply as possible, without frills or interpretations. Pamela Hoxsey's vision in Walking In a Landscape of Words is inspiring and self-reflective in a compelling way. She forces her readers to pause and look behind the obvious to the truth rarely uttered-why should we care about life?-and she answers it.

The eye of Pamela Hoxsey was honed on the austere country life of the mid-west. In this, her first volume of selected writings, she observes the beauty, sound and silence that nature has provided, with the sharp contrast to the noise and clutter we humans often choose to embrace instead. Her writings are close to poetry but speak more directly and without artifice. Her drawings record simply the austere and stark beauty of the garden and the wood.

This new book for Spring, 1998-released in time for National Poetry Month in April-is an art book, a treasure to hold to read over and over as the powerful reflections seep into consciousness. Printed on high quality acid-free paper, with a fine original art work cover WALKING IN A LANDSCAPE OF WORDS is a first selection for a meditator, a lover of poetry, or a student of life. It is a noteworthy gift book for an important event, birthday, or marriage.

About the Author:

Pamela Hoxsey is a writer, painter, and sculptor.

About this edition

• Publisher: Edwin House Pub Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0964924722
• ISBN 13: 9780964924727
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 86