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Death, Child & Love Poems 1980-2000 ___________________________________ by Edward Francisco

"Edward Francisco is very much a kindred spirit of William Carlos Williams (wonderfully and admirably and affectingly so); both of them are poets of considerable and fine feeling, who glimpse the world carefully, gratefully, and with no small amount of awe, pleasure, wonder. Mr. Francisco is a poet who sings of his dad, his son, his mother, his wife, and who sings of life's unfolding dramas, so beloved and precious, so stirring in their various possibilities, their times of hope or melancholy. Here, not least, is a poet who dares sing of God's role in this, His realm; sing of us here, who have been given the chance to ponder the fatefulness of our time spent in going through cycles of being (amidst others and amidst the changes that befall each person). Finally, here is a poet who reaches out to his fellow writers, to all of us, and who keeps in mind those who have sung so vividly, so hauntingly, in earlier times, and who with humble perseverance and savvy bestows a considerable talent, indeed, on songs which soar on one page, cry on another: poems that will attach themselves to our minds and hearts, to their great and lasting benefit."
— From the introduction by Robert Coles, Pulitzer Prize winner for Children of Crisis
Read Dr. Coles complete Introduction to this volume of poetry.

"Edward Francisco's poems, deeply moving, rooted in love of family, memory-haunting in their evocations, are written by a master of language. His opening poem is about the suicide of his mother, his closing poem about the love for his wife. In the pages between are fine poems of other loves and affiliations written by a person who has lived life fully, taken its challenges, lost and won as all people do, and yet remains fast in his belief that goodness may be found in belief and devotion."
—George Scarborough, Pulitzer nominee for Invitation to Kim

"In an era when people are increasingly absorbed in the virtual, electronic world, Edward Francisco grounds us in the eternal realities of the human heart. Death, Child and Love is a powerful source of balance and hope for the twenty-first century and beyond."
—Marilou Awiakta, author of Selu: Seeking the Corn Mother's Wisdom

Here are some samples of Mr. Francisco's poetry (in pdf format).

Elegy for His Mother
Lilith's Child
Dickering
On Reading James Agee
Epithalamium

Paper/ 108 pages / 5.5 x 8.5" / $17.95
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