One Thousand Songs of Earth (Paperback)

Beginning with traditional forms and progressing to sparkling levels of experimentation, these amazing poetical gems cover a broad area of subject and style, and present multiple meanings for personal interpretation. If read as if aloud, their imagery is almost musical, redolent of singing. Hence the title.The poems' varying levels of accessibility make them adaptable to all ages of reader enjoymennt, from teenagers up. Their breadth of subject matter is formidable. In brief, this is a quintessential collection, not to put on the coffee table, but to be well-thumbed and worn, the poems being read as enrichment of daily life.