Running on the March Wind (Quattro Poetry)
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (928 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1927443806 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 80 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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While it is intended foremost for an Aboriginal audience, the poetry's scope and quality create an extraordinary opportunity for all readers to see through Aboriginal eyes. This is the long-awaited debut collection by a widely-anthologized master poet. There are exquisite lyrical portrayals of the Saugeen region and other parts of Southern Ontario; biting commentary on the historic injustices to First Nations people; engaging magical realism and native mythology, featuring wily tricksters and giving form to dreams; touching treatments of the bonds between Elders and children; visions of suffering and violence laced with consoling beauty; celebration of the solace of trees and water and even the company of bears; lamentation, elegy, indignation, and affection and deep love for a region and those living there.
"Running on the March Wind, a triumph of dance in New Age Imagist poetry." according to Rebecca Anne Banks. Byline: Subterranean Blue Poetry (subterraneanbluepoetry.com)Title of Book: Running on the March WindAuthor: Lenore KeeshigPublisher: Quattro BooksDate of Publication: 2015Page Count: 109“Love lift us up where we belong “- from Up Where We Belong by Buffy Sainte-MarieRunning on the March Wind by Lenore Keeshig, is a triumph of dance in New Age Imagist poetry. The award winning Poet, Children’s writer and Storyteller is from the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nations. She also work. Susan Drees said Recommended collection of native Canadian poetry. This is the debut poetry collection from Keeshig-Tobias and reflects her life and that of her forebears in the Aboriginal community, particularly in Ontario. Using history, myth, dreams, visions of the natural world, she tells her story as well as that of her ancestors and people she knows well, their common experiences of love and loss, war and rebellion, repeated injustice over centuries, injustice which continues to play out today.Some of the poetry is strident and angry, a call to action. One, tit
About the Author Lenore Keeshig is a traditional storyteller, poet and an award-wining author from the Saugeen (Bruce) Peninsula. . She currently works as a naturalist, providing education programs about the natural and cultural history of the Saugeen/Bruce Peninsula and the Great Lakes.Lenore's poetry has appeared in a number of anthologies. She has produced three children's books: Bird Talk (1991) and Emma and the Tree (1996), and The Truth About Nibbles (2005) co-authored with her husband, David McLaren. She is the recipient of the Living the Dream Book Award (1993) and an Author's Award (1988)
She has produced three children's books: Bird Talk (1991) and Emma and the Tree (1996), and The Truth About Nibbles (2005) co-authored with her husband, David McLaren. She currently works as a naturalist, providing education programs about the natural and cultural history of the Saugeen/Bruce Peninsula and the Great Lakes.Lenore's poetry has appeared in a