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    Awakening
    Awakening
    Awakening
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    Awakening

    By Laura Solomon

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    “ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF POETRY is to make inner thought visible; the things which were previously invisible (or unknown) that can only be revealed through poetic speculation. Laura Solomon’s work makes no claim that poetry is “truth”, while yet accessing its potential to grasp the slippery nature of reality.” - Andrew S. Guthrie, author of the poetry collection, Alphabet (Proverse 2015), Proverse Prize finalist, 2013.

    “LAURA SOLOMON'S POETRY holds a fascinating sharp edge, and much wry humour, quite a few surprises. The famous, infamous, and notorious feature here, at times they're chatty, or offering insights we'd never know quite this way otherwise, then they're tender or mysterious too. Free verse with a revealing aspect. Language adeptly chosen, original, simple, occasionally about some messy events but written clean like a new, sharp knife.” - Raewyn Alexander, Prize-winner Miles Hughes Achievement Award 2014 – for Innovation, Perseverance, and Effective Involvement in Independent Publishing

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAdelaide Books Publishers
    Release dateJan 29, 2019
    ISBN9781949180886
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      Book preview

      Awakening - Laura Solomon

      AWAKENING

      AWAKENING

      Poems

      by

      LAURA SOLOMON

      Adelaide Books

      New York/Lisbon

      2018

      AWAKENING

      Poems by

      By Laura Solomon

      Copyright © by Laura Solomon

      Cover design © 2018 Adelaide Books

      Published by Adelaide Books, New York / Lisbon

      adelaidebooks.org

      Editor-in-Chief

      Stevan V. Nikolic

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      For any information, please address Adelaide Books

      at info@adelaidebooks.org

      or write to:

      Adelaide Books

      244 Fifth Ave. Suite D27

      New York, NY, 10001

      ISBN-10: 1-949180-88-3

      ISBN-13: 978-1-949180-88-6

      CONTENTS

      Awakening

      Four Walls

      Geography

      The Doctors

      The Party

      The Swarm

      Animal Instinct

      Returning to the Table

      The Sword Swallower’s Lament

      After the Surgery

      Solitary

      Kauri

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