Bloodroot: Poems by Bill King Paperback Book

Description: Bloodroot by Bill King Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description The poems in Bill Kings first full-length collection, Bloodroot, articulate a life grounded in the Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountains. We see memories of his youth in southwestern Virginias Back Creek Valley, as well as poems of adult years in the mountain town of Elkins, West Virginia. Publisher Description The poems in Bill Kings first full-length collection, Bloodroot, articulate a life grounded in the Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountains. We see memories of his youth in southwestern Virginias Back Creek Valley, as well as poems of adult years in (and exploring the Monongahela Forest that surrounds) the mountain town of Elkins, West Virginia. These poems follow the root of a life nourished by and inseparable from garden soil, mountain rivers, and the hearths and kitchen table of home back to its origins. ""Grown Boy"" recalls a solitary childhood spent exploring creeks and two-lanes. In ""Black Kite,"" a mature fathers sense of home and family take on depth and gratitude after a cancer diagnosis and chronic illness. Poems like ""This World Should Be Enough"" look beyond personal mortality to honor the mystery and beauty of wild landscapes long threatened by the violence of the extraction industry. Finally, ""To Have and To Hold"" pledges fealty to love in all of its forms, a stance that makes the books meditations on mortality and acceptance, especially ""Fifty Gardens In"" as hopeful as they are honest. By turns narrative and lyrical, these accessible poems find metaphor in native landscapes: ""the pink and purple riddles"" of joe pye and ironweed, a ""cicada, / like a pressure canner thrumming on a stove,"" the red-tail hawks that ""carry the wounded skyward,"" the bloodroot ""whose petals fall just as soon / as the flower begins to bloom."" Kings poems offer a language for how to love a world we must, ultimately, leave. Author Biography Bill King is professor of English at Davis & Elkins College. The 2021 Heartwood Poetry Award winner and author of the chapbook The Letting Go, his work appears in 100 Word Story, The Cincinnati Review, Appalachian Review, and other journals. This full-length collection, his first, commemorates a life lived in the Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountains. Details ISBN 0881469106 ISBN-13 9780881469103 Title Bloodroot Author Bill King Format Paperback Year 2023 Pages 100 Publisher Mercer University Press GE_Item_ID:145304654; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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