Overview
This poetry odyssey provides a path into the primal-mystical, miraculous, land of flowers. A shared ritual across human cultures, flowers are given in every aspect of our lives: births, graduations, friendships, weddings, anniversaries, and deaths. The anthology includes 90 poems from 66 poets around the world, crowdsourced online during a global pandemic. Our selection process was a feeling-based blind reading. The writers range from award-winning poets to those published for the first time. Our anthology was born from simple beliefs: Flowers, if noticed, make people smile. Given flowers are from one heart to another. In a time when the world is tumultuous and technological advances are rapid, we wanted to create something tangible that deepened our connection to ourselves, each other, and the planet. May you hear the flowers sing. They wait for us...
Full Product Details
Author: Christina Isobel
Publisher: Thousand Flowers(r)
Imprint: Thousand Flowers(r)
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.245kg
ISBN: 9781949824056
ISBN 10: 1949824055
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 17 September 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""WHEN FLOWERS SING is a symphonic collection of poems, an opera of the soul. I felt as if I were falling into its resplendency. I urge everyone to read it. Cast this book out to others to create a new flowering earth."" -Debra Magpie Earling author of The Lost Journals of Sacajewea and Perma Red. ""-each page presents something of value; a line worth underlining, a thought worth contemplating."" -Kirkus Reviews ""Offering nourishment during troubling times, WHEN FLOWERS SING is a layered poetry anthology about flowers, skillfully edited by Christina Isobel."" -Indie Reader, starred review ""Curators Isobel and Blyth (Isobel also edited the collection) set a clear intention in their epigraph: these poems aim to ""deepen our experience of flowers, deepen our inner life, and deepen our connections to the earth."" Their selected poems succeed on all three fronts."" - Kirkus Reviews ""Each unique poem and page is presented with attention to detail, freedom of expression, good format, and evocative visual snapshots. As an integrated collection, it carries a depth of meaning."" -Indie Reader"
Author Information
Christina Isobel is a poet, performer, bookmaker, lyric playwright, mother, and Grammy. Author of the play SKELETON WOMAN and poetry/art book EVERYDAY MERMAID with art by Deidre Scherer. Editor of WHEN FLOWERS SING: A Poetry Anthology. Created and produced multimedia poetry and Indian dance concerts for Robert Bly. Poetry featured in Pivot & Pause: An Anthology by Azure Antoinette and Elizabeth Gilbert.CEO of a thousand flowers. Served on the board of O'Reilly Media and was influential in shaping its foundational and cultural values.
