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Bone Strings

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The poems in Bone Strings take the reader on a rewarding journey into the distances of the Alaskan wilderness and the inner privacy of the self. Anne Coray views history, nature and personal experience with a unique consciousness, refreshingly un-self-absorbed. This is poetry worth reading and re-reading for Coray's evocative images and sure sense of language.

The setting for this collection of poems is Alaska, and like the landscape expect to be stunned by powerful images. Though there are real gems throughout, read it, if just for poems like 'Ivory', 'Rhythmics' or 'Waiting'. The themes are universal, and the poetry as good as it gets.

Alaskan-born poet Anne Coray presents Bone Strings, a collection of free-verse poetry reflecting upon seasonal beauty and the ever-changing rhythms of nature. A handful of poems have a brief, one-sentence introduction referring to their inspiration or dedication, from "The Ptarmigan", written in response to the tragic accidental shooting of a well-known Anchorage doctor, to "Mail Run", a meditation upon those who carried mail across the snows via dog team. A wistful evocation of the many facets of Alaska's soul. "Divested": The mist, / a perfume of absence, / walks through the day's largess. // I have nothing. / No tonic of bright bells, / or resound of iron. // A casket meant for pearls / drifts on the mute wind.