{"id":5001,"date":"2013-05-15T23:03:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T23:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=5001"},"modified":"2013-05-18T02:41:01","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T02:41:01","slug":"wally-swists-new-book-and-little-eagles-re-verse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2013\/05\/wally-swists-new-book-and-little-eagles-re-verse\/","title":{"rendered":"Wally Swist’s new book and Little Eagle’s RE\/VERSE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wally Swist <\/strong>who contributed \u201cMarch Wind\u201d to Solace in So Many Words<\/em><\/strong> has a new book out \u2013 it is called Velocity <\/strong><\/em>and is published by the Virtual Artists Collective<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how the book is described: \u201cThese poems offer a distinct sense of gratitude and tribute: the spiritual connectedness experienced in constructing stone sculptures or in stacking a cord of wood; and the simplicity found in the shine of a Shaker wide-plank oak floor or the experience of loss in a favorite dog\u2019s death. There are several poems addressed to other poets, such as New England poet Leo Connellan and Canadian lyric poet anne mckay. Other poems pay homage to Denise Levertov, Pablo Neruda, Jack Spicer, and Walt Whitman. Other tributes include a haiku sequence dedicated to the late internationally-respected editor Robert Spiess and to the electroacoustic contemporary composer, Elainie Lillios, who has set a number of the author\u2019s poems to music. Often presented through the matrix of natural images and the ethos of an active spirituality, the poetry in this collection addresses the velocity of life experience and the practice of living in the present moment, either in witnessing one\u2019s own true nature pool within oneself, as in the rush of a brook; or what is a kind of iconic transcendence found in Butoh, an innovative form of Japanese dance, where we all may \u2018begin again.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Solace in So Many Words<\/em><\/strong> contributors Donna Hilbert<\/strong><\/a> and Constance Vogel Adamkiewicz<\/strong><\/a> have both had poems recently in Little Eagle\u2019s RE \/ VERSE<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Donna\u2019s poem \u201cWaste\u201d appeared on the site May 11 and Connie\u2019s \u00a0\u201cThe Mourning Dove\u201d appeared March 4.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in submitting work to this blogsite, here\u2019s what editor Ralph Murre<\/strong> seeks, \u201cThe Little Eagle’s eye is looking for the best poetry for this site. Send not more than ONE of your own finest previously-published poems per month (as a WORD.doc attachment if possible), along with the title of the independently-edited publication in which it first appeared, to littleeaglepress @ gmail.com. Include your last name and the word “submittal” in the subject line. Please do NOT send anything which appears in a CURRENT issue of a periodical publication.<\/p>\n

I am also interested in presenting visual images when they’ll add to the overall enjoyment of the work, so if you have the rights to something you’d especially like to accompany your poem, attach that as well, crediting the artist. At my discretion, I may use your image, one of my own, or none at all.\u00a0 Sad to say, I can offer no payment for work presented here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Thanks for reading. Peace, love, and solace. . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wally Swist who contributed \u201cMarch Wind\u201d to Solace in So Many Words has a new book out \u2013 it is called Velocity and is published by the Virtual Artists Collective. Here\u2019s how the book is described: \u201cThese poems offer a distinct sense of gratitude and tribute: the spiritual connectedness experienced in constructing stone sculptures or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,94,127,315,12,1265,1594,13,1266,7,16,1599,1595,1604,91,1598,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-5001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-anthology","8":"tag-constance-vogel-adamkiewicz","9":"tag-contributors-2","10":"tag-donna-hilbert","11":"tag-ellen-wade-beals","12":"tag-little-eagles-reverse","13":"tag-march-wind","14":"tag-poetry","15":"tag-ralph-murre","16":"tag-solace","17":"tag-solace-in-so-many-words","18":"tag-the-mourning-dove","19":"tag-velocity","20":"tag-virtual-arts-collective","21":"tag-wally-swist","22":"tag-waste","23":"tag-weighed-words","24":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5001"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5043,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001\/revisions\/5043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}