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Beyond All Bearing

By: Susan Delaney Spear

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Beyond All Bearing distills and illuminates moments in ordinary lives, in ordinary time, and renders them extraordinary. These poems turn the quotidian into the rhythm and the rhyme that is poetry, preserving them on the page. Some of these moments shimmer with the beauty of pansies and paperwhites out of season; some flicker with the grace of candles placed on a table at the end of a tragic day or the grace of a holy kiss; some hum with love for family, friends, and students; some hint at a longing for God; some speak without flinching of unspeakable tragedy. And yet, among the songs of loss and grief that pervade this collection, God enters “beautiful beyond all bearing.”

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1532637403

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On Earth . . .

By: Susan Delaney Spear

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On Earth . . .

By: Susan Delaney Spear

These poems were born in the ups and downs of the “here and now”: hot air balloon rides, an afternoon jog, the everyday beauty of the natural world, yoga, Impressionist art, a global pandemic, and the inadequacy of words. And yet, these poems are ever looking forward to when the “there and then” joins the “here and now,” on Earth.

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Learning the Secrets of English Verse

The Keys to the Treasure Chest

By: David J. Rothman,Susan Delaney Spear

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Learning the Secrets of English Verse

The Keys to the Treasure Chest

By: David J. Rothman,Susan Delaney Spear

This textbook teaches the writing of poetry by examining all the major verse forms and repeating stanza forms in English. It provides students with the tools to compose successful lines of poetry and focuses on meter (including free verse), rhythm, rhyme, and the many other tools a poet needs to create both music and meaningfulness in an artful poem. Presenting copious examples from strong poets of the past and present along with many recent student examples, all of which are scanned, each chapter offers lessons in poetic history and the practice of writing verse, along with giving students a structured opportunity to experiment writing in all the forms discussed. In Part 1, Rothman and Spear begin at the beginning, with Anglo-Saxon Strong Stress Alliterative Meter and examine every major meter in English, up to and including the free verse forms of modern and contemporary poetry. Part 2 presents a close examination of stanza forms that moves from the simple to the complex, beginning with couplets and ending with the 14-line Eugene Onegin stanza. The goal of the book is to give students the essential skills to understand how any line of poetry in English may have been composed, the better to enjoy them and then also write their own: the keys to the treasure chest. Rothman and Spear present a rigorous curriculum that teaches the craft of poetry through a systematic examination and practice of the major English meters and verse forms. Under their guidance, students hone their craft while studying the rich traditions and innovations of poets writing in English. Suitable for high school students and beyond. I studied with Rothman in graduate school and went through this course with additional scholarly material. This book will help students develop a keen ear for the music of the English language.—Teow Lim Goh, author of Islanders

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3030530965

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Learning the Secrets of English Verse

The Keys to the Treasure Chest

By: David J. Rothman,Susan Delaney Spear

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Beyond All Bearing

Beyond All Bearing

On Earth . . .

On Earth . . .

Beyond All Bearing

Beyond All Bearing

On Earth . . .

On Earth . . .

Learning the Secrets of English Verse

Learning the Secrets of English Verse

Learning the Secrets of English Verse

Learning the Secrets of English Verse

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