Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category

Fifty thought-provoking haiku, gathered from a lifetime of encounters with nature. Each captures a mystical moment in which the commonplace takes on an added dimension of meaning. Illustrated with artwork by the author.
Title: 50 Epiphanies
Author: Gary Tillery ‘73 is also the author of The Cynical Idealist: A Spiritual Biography of John Lennon, published by Quest Books in 2009, and Working Class Mystic: A Spiritual Biography of George Harrison, published by Quest in 2011. Other writings include Darkling Plain, a collection of short stories set in Vietnam, and two comic detective novels, Death, Be Not Loud and To an Aesthete Dying Young. Tillery is also an artist. His most prominent work is featured in Chicago’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Wabash Plaza. He sculpted the bust of Steve Allen for the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood. He also has created such works as T. Denny Sanford at the Sanford Children’s Hospital in Sioux City, South Dakota, and Luis Aparicio at U. S. Cellular Field (both through the Rotblatt-Amrany Studio), as well as They Also Serve—a tribute to POWs, now in the permanent collection of the National Veterans Art Museum. He resides in the Chicago area with his wife and son.
Publisher: CreateSpace (February 8, 2012)
Price: $12.00
Description: Paperback, 74 pages
ISBN: 978-1470032142
Information: www.amazon.com

A rich collection of the most famous Western poetry, together with Japanese haiku and tanka poems (in Japanese with translations) by emperors, court ladies, samurai warriors and contemporary masters.

Title: Poetry for the Soul: Enhancing the Quality of Your Life
Author: Boyé Layfayette De Mente ‘53, is the author of more than 100 books and has been involved with Japan, China, Korea and Mexico since the late 1940s as a member of a U.S. intelligence agency, student, journalist, editor and author working out of Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. He is a graduate of Jochi University in Tokyo, and Thunderbird School of Global Management, in Glendale, Arizona. 
Price: $22.95

ISBN: 978-0759687769
Publisher: Authorhouse (June 2002)
Description: Paperback, 364 pages
Information: www.amazon.com

“Views from the Driveway” takes readers on a series of sojourns, from time traveling to the pre-MTV days when life was less electronically connected to exploring Italy’s stark and captivating Abruzzo region.  Writer Amy Barone reveals some of Italy’s secrets and the safety in embracing conflict.  Her poems were inspired by recollections of growing up in suburban Philadelphia, nights hanging out with musician friends, and the haunting redemption of dreams.

Title: Views from the Driveway
Author: Amy Barone ‘89 is a native of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and has lived in New York City since 1999 where she works as director of communications for HealthCorps, an innovative health educational program.  She spent five years as an Italian correspondent in Milan for Women’s Wear Daily and Advertising Age. Her monthly column, “Postcard from New York,” appears on Italian lifestyle website www.beauty.it and she participates in monthly poetry readings at the Cornelia Street Café in New York City as a member of the Italian American Writers Association.
Price: $8.00
Publisher: FootHills Publishing (2008)
Description: Hand-stitched chapbook, 40 pages
Information: www.foothillspublishing.com