Overview
The poems in Like the O in Hope take the reader on a journey, a quest from dark to light--both literally and spiritually. Beginning with hesitation and humility, Jeanne Julian transports us toward transcendence. As an accomplished poet, she weaves a myriad of poetic form from traditional to modern free verse, from sestina to chant, stopping to enjoy some lighter fare along the way: bemoaning a neighbor's back-yard beacon; going AWOL from a boring seminar; even deliberately mistranslating directives from dictators to render them harmless. Gradually, revelations about the magic of place and of connection lead to contentment and even enlightenment and ends with a poem revealing how love can feel transcendent even with recognition of the finite.
Full Product Details
Author: Jeanne Julian ,
Shawn Aveningo Sanders ,
Elizabeth Darrow
Publisher: Poetry Box Select
Imprint: Poetry Box Select
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 0.70cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.186kg
ISBN: 9781948461252
ISBN 10: 1948461250
Pages: 132
Publication Date: 30 July 2019
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Poem after poem, Julian's command of poetics and language satisfy because, with her perceptions, she entices a reader to take a journey with her in valid search for kindness and beauty, for healing and hope. Spending time with Like the O in Hope will enlighten the soul--time well spent. --Sam Barbee, author of That Rain We Needed; past president, North Carolina Poetry Society Julian knows that no extended meditation on what brings light to our lives would be complete without the lighter side of life, humor and laughter. I look forward to returning to these poems. Shine on, Julian! --Malaika King Albrecht, author of What the Trapeze Artist Trusts; founding editor, Redheaded Stepchild
Author Information
Jeanne Julian is the author of two chapbooks: Blossom and Loss (Longleaf Press) and Relic and Myth (Prolific Press). She moved with her husband to New Bern, NC, after retiring from a 27-year career in media relations and marketing at Westfield State University. She discovered that North Carolina is one of the worst states for hurricanes, but one of the best for writers. Her practice of poetry has been energized by some dynamic writers' organizations there: the North Carolina Writers Network, the North Carolina Poetry Society (NCPS), Carteret Writers, Pamlico Writers Group, and the Nexus Poets' open mic series, which she helps to coordinate. Her poems appear in Prairie Wolf Press Review, Poetry Quarterly, Lascaux Prize 2016 Anthology, High Desert Journal, North Carolina Literary Review, pacificREVIEW, The RavensPerch, and other journals, and have won awards from The Comstock Review, Naugatuck River Review, and the NCPS. She grew up in Ohio, graduated from Allegheny College, and earned an MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Jeanne is an enthusiastic photographer, and also practices yoga when not distracted by tennis, gardening, making omelets, and gazing at the creek and the national forest just beyond her back yard.
