Plainspeak New Selected Poems Dixon Hearne 9781945752070 Books
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For many years, I have regarded the literary voice of Dixon Hearne as one of the most distinguished voices of the American South. After reading Plainspeak New and Selected Poems, however, I quickly realized that his poetic voice is equally effective in capturing the very essence of the American West its native peoples, flora, fauna, and starkly beautiful landscapes. In this remarkable collection of poetry, Hearne writes of the Apache, Crow, Lakota, Anasazi, Caddo, and the "crying voices" of the Choctaw on the Trail of Tears. He writes of the wind whispering through the skulls of countless buffalo slaughtered almost to extinction. If the vast landscapes of the West could speak, they would do so in a spare, highly skilled, and powerfully evocative voice like Hearne's.
—Larry D. Thomas, Member, Texas Institute of Letters, 2008 Texas Poet Laureate
Dixon Hearne can gaze at a barren southern or southwestern landscape and sense the presence of those who lived there in the past, human and animal spirits alike. In these life-affirming poems, he reminds us of our sacred duty to be “keepers of Mother Earth, not despoilers of it.
—Julie Kane, 2011-2013 Louisiana Poet Laureate
It’s truly rare to find a poet equally adept at illuminating both physical and emotional topographies. Poem after poem, Dixon Hearne’s Plainsong New and Selected Poems unearths truths of human life and of American landscape in a journey from lush Appalachia, through the wetlands of Louisiana, and into the native life of the American west. His lines pop with the rattle of a snake’s tail and flow like tufted clouds across blue skies. Whether describing a bighorn clash or the sadness of a lonely rainfall, Hearne’s is an art driven by passion, clarity, and respect for what makes us human.
—Jack B. Bedell, author of Elliptic and Bone-Hollow, True New & Selected Poems
Plainspeak is vintage Dixon Hearne. He is a landscape painter whose palate is poetry and his subject is Mother Earth from her swamplands and bayous and the majestic Mississippi to the canyons and deserts of her west. His poems reverence the Earth's "ancient seedlings" and the heavens above in their "pastel tiers" but they also explore the "tableau of seasons" where we see how change--natural and human--has influenced her and us along with it. Among the "chards of history" that Hearne uncovers are elegiac reminders of disappearing tribes and roads. But above and through it all, Hearne assures us there are places still "haunted with beauty." Emerson and Whitman both would enjoy Hearne's paintings.
—Philip C. Kolin, co-editor of Down to the Dark River, Univ. Distinguished Prof. (Emeritus)
Plainspeak New Selected Poems Dixon Hearne 9781945752070 Books
This book was very relaxing to read and reread. There are many descriptions of nature from many parts of the country as the writer sees them and while reading you can imagine with your own eyes what the scenes look like. Also included are wise quotes from a number of literary figures. All in all a very enjoyable read.Product details
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Plainspeak New Selected Poems Dixon Hearne 9781945752070 Books Reviews
Hearne's words. Each and every word, touches me, brings me to a place I've only felt before, but never described out loud. This book is like a gentle form of meditation... like a natural calming music to my soul.
This book was very relaxing to read and reread. There are many descriptions of nature from many parts of the country as the writer sees them and while reading you can imagine with your own eyes what the scenes look like. Also included are wise quotes from a number of literary figures. All in all a very enjoyable read.
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