Hot Flash Sonnets

Hot Flash Sonnets
Author: Moira Egan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Menopause
ISBN: 9780983620945

Poetry. Women's Studies. Poet Moira Egan finally turned fifty, and her poetic journey has gotten ever sweatier and sexier. In her latest collection, HOT FLASH SONNETS, she explores the sultry joys and humorous indignities of becoming a woman of a certain age.

Synæsthesium

Synæsthesium
Author: Moira Egan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9781594039782

Synæsthesium is an unusual exploration of ekphrasis--poetry that takes a real or imagined work of art as its muse. The first half of the book, Olfactorium, is inspired by various fragrances and the olfactory flashbacks--real or imagined--induced by them. From everyday Old Spice to exotic Casbah, the poems take the reader on journeys peppered with the luscious language of perfumery. The second part, Love and Work, is based on the works of Suzanne Valadon, the bold and unconventional model-turned-artist, peer and probable lover of Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, and other painters. The poetic forms--sonnets, syllabics, a villanelle, a rondeau--reflect the content of the paintings and drawings of this great and under-appreciated artist.

A Hint of Rosemary

A Hint of Rosemary
Author: Hazel Hall
Publisher: Interactive Publications
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2024-07-01
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1922830739

Hazel Hall is not afraid to push boundaries as she explores the traditional sonnet, its connections with classical Japanese forms, and their shared musicality. She points out similarities between these forms, but also celebrates their differences. This collection includes sonnets with haiku or tanka attached, a sonnet using the same rhyme throughout, a sonnet created with fourteen lines of single-line haiku and a fourteen line ghazal in iambic pentameter. Hazel also experiments with rhyming styles, returning to basic concepts of melody and rhyme in her quest to discover 'At what point is a sonnet not a sonnet?' She observes that the sonnet form is barely recognisable in some of her hybrids. Do you agree? Readers are invited to draw their own conclusions. They are also invited to experiment for themselves.

Artists Daughter

Artists Daughter
Author: Kimiko Hahn
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 91
Release: 2004-04-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 039332558X

"Kimiko Hahn stands as a welcome voice of experimentation and passion."—Bloomsbury Review Kimiko Hahn's poetry explores the interplay—and tensions—among her various identities: mother, lover, wife, poet, and daughter of both the Midwest and Asia. However astonishing her subjects—from sideshow freaks to sadomasochistic fantasy—they ultimately emerge in this startling collection as moving images of the deepest levels of our shared humanity.

HOT FLASH BFFs

HOT FLASH BFFs
Author: Judy Lee
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2017-02-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1365786501

Six college instructors from a small college in New York are a group of best friends. Five of the women have successfully navigated menopause. The youngest of the group is turning fifty and is in denial of her budding menopause. The group gathers for a birthday party and a support all night session to ward off her full out impending meltdown. During the party the members share untold stories from the hilarious to the revelation of abuse and failed marriages. Their stories are as old as time and as fresh as today's headlines.