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Hungry Foxes

By: Suzanne U. Rhodes

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This is work of high accomplishment, by one who serenely takes her place among the better poets of America." ~ X.J. Kennedy Suzanne Rhodes writes technically honed, emotionally true poems that draw the reader closer to nature: its power to awe and humble and enrich our human relationships. ~ Eve Shelnutt

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0615764010

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9780615764016

Flying Yellow

New and Selected Poems

By: Suzanne Underwood Rhodes

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Flying Yellow

New and Selected Poems

By: Suzanne Underwood Rhodes

The poems in Flying Yellow cry out for the day just out of reach, the day which unaccountably may in a moment or a season let down a joyful light into the obscurity of human trial. A hopeful belief in heaven and the end of suffering colors these profoundly spiritual, often uneasy, poems. Carried by musical currents that shape her work, Rhodes ventures into what she calls “the good dark stuff” of experience—good because the dark is where Christ went, willingly, to take it captive. Whether probing the meaning of her own personal traumas or those of historical figures like Mary Rowlandson and Dorothy Bradford; whether peeling back layers of habitual sight to see the natural world of robins and ghost crabs and shorelines more truly, she brings the reader alongside in each surprising encounter to see the possibilities of light.

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104

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Paraclete Press

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1640604049

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9781640604049

The Perfume of Pain

By: Suzanne Underwood Rhodes

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The Perfume of Pain

By: Suzanne Underwood Rhodes

Just as perfume is the distilled essence of fragrant oils, the poems in this new collection by Suzanne Underwood Rhodes are products of a sensitive poet's capturing the essence of what it means to love, to lose, and to grieve. And just as perfume's fragrance lingers long after being dabbed on the wrists, Rhodes reminds us that the sharpness of loss lingers long after the death of a loved one. The remembrance comes in 'the pungence / of one crushed clove, ' in 'the rough liturgy of a rooster crowing nearby, ' and in cemetery tracks 'where a deer favored / [my husband's] grave on the way to somewhere' and is endured-as only those who mourn can truly know-in the secret sharing of support groups where grievers 'don't have to show our requisite faces, / those we wear in the crowd that expects, / needs us to be fine for their sake.' Like the ache in the superbly crafted 'Milk from the Moon' ('small' and 'raw'), the short, tightly compressed poems here reveal a poet brave in her vulnerability and unflinchingly honest in her emotions. -Michael Blanchard, author of The Pearl Diver's Daughter 'It's always a pull between dirt and heaven, this boneyard life, ' writes Suzanne Underwood Rhodes in one of these marvelous, affecting, withering, sharply etched poems. This is a book of grief and love in equal portions. There is a genuine appreciation of life here, in all its redolence and bright glares. And I found myself reading and rereading. Rhodes is the real deal, and The Perfume of Pain deserves a wide audience. -Jay Parini, author of New and Collected Poems: 1975-2015 I opened Perfume of Pain from a place of darkness but came away with something richer than light. The poems exploring the loss of the poet's husband are among the most profoundly honest and beautiful words about grief I have read. "It's always a pull between dirt and heaven, this boneyard life," Rhodes writes. This collection will put you in the middle of that tug-of-war, where we are the most human. -Tania Runyan, author of Second Sky and What Will Soon Take Place

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Kelsay Books

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1639806113

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9781639806119

Don't Stop Believin'

The Unofficial Guide to Glee

By: Erin Balser,Suzanne Gardner

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Don't Stop Believin'

The Unofficial Guide to Glee

By: Erin Balser,Suzanne Gardner

Don't Stop Believin' pays tribute to the glorious mash-up of music, comedy, drama and social commentary that has put Glee and its band of misfits in the spotlight"--Page 4 of cover

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290

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ECW Press

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1554908949

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9781554908943

The Roar on the Other Side

A Guide for Student Poets

By: Suzanne U. Rhodes

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The Roar on the Other Side

A Guide for Student Poets

By: Suzanne U. Rhodes

For all its storied past and lofty reputation, poetry is really just the art of noticing, naming, and comparing the stuff of this world. Unlike the eye of modern science (which sees the world as a giant specimen for us to dissect), poetry fosters and nurtures life by finding wonder in the nooks and crannies of ordinary life. Suzanne Rhodes, a longtime poet and teacher, offers The Roar on the Other Side as an introductory guide for students (junior high and up). Clear and imaginative, this book makes poetry approachable. Focusing on the importance of sight and the necessity of practice, Rhodes easily communicates the joy of words to her readers and helps them see how good poetry binds all seemingly-contradictory things together. Students will emerge from this book with a good handle on the basics of writing poetry and a new appreciation for the awesome world in which we live.

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Canon Press & Book Service

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1885767668

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9781885767660

Book's by Suzanne Underwood Rhodes

Hungry Foxes

Hungry Foxes

Flying Yellow

Flying Yellow

The Perfume of Pain

The Perfume of Pain

Don't Stop Believin'

Don't Stop Believin'

The Roar on the Other Side

The Roar on the Other Side

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