Like all of the best stories, Wintersong contains breathtaking beauty, but also holds danger and darkness within its intoxicating pages. Therefore, I wanted to review Wintersong using musical terminology, and I hope I do it justice – especially because my musical knowledge is non-existent (thank you for my crash course, Google!).
Liesl’s ambition and passion as a composer was a significant catalyst for many of the novel’s events. See some sample pages from this book, hosted by external website issuu.Wintersong was deeply inspired by classical music, especially the works of Mozart. Ron Ferguson, author and award-winning journalist That’s why she is one of my favourite poets. Genuine spirituality is located in the material, in the embodied: that seems to be how our God works. Joy Mead’s spirituality is grounded in the depths of so-called ‘ordinary’ life – the extraordinary life. She is a deeply religious poet, without being a Religious Poet, if you know what I mean.
Joy Mead is a poet of great sensitivity and subtlety. She has been involved in development education and justice and peace work and occasionally leads creative writing groups. Joy Mead is a member of the Iona Community and the author of several books including The One Loaf, Making Peace in Practice and Poetry, Where are the Altars?, Words and Wonderings, A Way of Knowing and Glimpsed in Passing, all published by Wild Goose Publications. And above all else Wintersong is a book with a longing to keep hope alive.
So the poems attempt to express the poet’s calling and the value of poetry and creativity as they contemplate moments of loss and joy, both in my own life and in the lives of others near and far. Out of the shadows, the darkness, and often the injustice, the need to lament and mourn goes hand in hand with the special significance of small moments and ordinary occasions. These poems were written in a disturbing and troubling context – an emotional time of absence and loss which also proved to be an opportunity to search and remember. See some sample pages from this book, hosted by external website
0 kommentar(er)
