Overview
LARGE PRINT EDITION Carla Coles's first three books - Zarf, Wont, and Pore - have been out of print for too long. Now, finally, they have been collected in this new edition to be experienced by readers again. ""Words are the waveforms of our beating hearts, silent until captured on pages by skilled poets like Coles. Expect to find yourself in these pages."" Dayna Manning, Singer-Songwriter ZARF: an oddly specific collection of poems for a tiny niche audience. A zarf (plural: zarfs, zuruuf, zarves) is a holder, usually of ornamental metal, for a coffee cup without a handle... Also, the cardboard ones you wrap around your Americano-to-go because we don't want you to burn your fingers . . . WONT: Another oddly specific collection of poems for a tiny niche audience. Café poetry, people watching and drinking coffee. Wont: Pronounced \wänt\ adjective Meaning: habit or ritual; customary behaviour in a given situation. From the middle English wonen, which meant to dwell . . . PORE: One last oddly specific collection of poems for a tiny niche audience. Pore: pronounced \pór\ verb Meaning: to be absorbed in the reading or study of. From the Middle English pouren, to ponder. The last of the ""Café"" book series
Full Product Details
Author: Carla Coles
Publisher: Storeylines Accessible
Imprint: Storeylines Accessible
Edition: Large type / large print edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.422kg
ISBN: 9781998389261
ISBN 10: 199838926
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 02 June 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""Words are the waveforms of our beating hearts, silent until captured on pages by skilled poets like Coles. Expect to find yourself in these pages."" Dayna Manning, Singer-Songwriter ""With WONT, Carla Coles's unique voice confirms the obvious commitment displayed in her first collection, ZARF, a commitment to herself and to her ""tiny niche audience"" to chronicle with whimsical and quirky honesty the minutiae of the joy, sadness, and hope she sees around her."" Bruce Barber, Author"
Author Information
Carla dwells in themagical realm ofStratford, Ontario. Sheadmits to being a littlein love with hercommunity. She is anaward-winningmultidisciplinary artist, author, andentrepreneur. Her imaginary hobbies includeukulele enthusiast, time travel, and self care.This is her sixth book of poetry. Several ofher books, much to Carla's surprise, werenumber one in Canadian poetry on Amazonfor a brief time. Carla is a member ofStratford's Art in the Park.Carla, by her own accounts, is not abelievable character. She has an unnaturalfondness for pudding and always carries acake fork with her in case of just suchemergencies. Queries on whether she wantsanother coffee are always answered with anenthusiastic yes. Carla likes to think she ishilarious ... Carla's friends have said theythink it's endearing that she finds herselfhilarious.
