The Empty House [Paperback]

Faith Shearin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: WordTech Communications (November 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934999377
• ISBN-13: 978-1934999370
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #340,251 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Faith Shearin's books include The Owl Question, which won the May Swenson Award, The Empty House (Word Press), and Moving the Piano (SFA University Press). She is the recipient of awards from the Fine Arts Work Center, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. Recent work appears in Poetry East and The Sun. Her poems can also be found in The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry and in Garrison Keillor's Good Poems, American Places. She lives in Baltimore with her husband and daughter.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and poignant, July 10, 2009

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This review is from: The Empty House (Paperback)

Award-winning author Faith Shearin presents her second collection of poetry in The Empty House, a free-verse anthology with a theme of transition. Simple and poignant, The Empty House reaches out to the reader, resonating with the ups and downs of daily life as old days fade and the new horizon draws near. A touch of sharp edged dark humor laces some of the verse, adding extra bite to the emotion. "Hail Baltimore!" Hail Baltimore, city of row houses! / Our hous is within thee. / Blessed art thou among cities, / and blessed are your trees which drop / flower petals over our days. / Heavenly Baltimore, place of back alleys / and fence neighbors and cats who moan, / pray for us as we sleep beneath / your vines, now and next week / when the mortgage is due. / Amen.