Ghostly Poems [Hardcover]

Bill Thompson (Author), Michelle Liu (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2001

The ancient practice of channeling gets a new twist in this delightful collection of poems. Whether or not readers believe that the ghosts of such noted poets as Edgar Allen Poe, W. H. Auden, the Brownings, Robert Frost, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Gertrude Stein are now writing new poetic works through the hands of Bill Thompson, these enchanting encounters are a welcome and witty addition to those interested in poetry and the beloved styles of the great poetic masters. This new offering of verse is attributed to 42 American, British, and Canadian poets, including William Shakespeare, e. e. cummings, Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Walt Whitman, and many other literary favorites.

Editorial Reviews

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Ghostly Poems Bill Thompson Never a maker of verses himself, Bill Thompson was startled when he began to receive couplets and rhymes that seem to come from some of the famous poets of the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as from such distant personae as the Greek philosopher, Callinus. "My poets are definitely dead," Thompson writes in the introduction to Ghostly Poems, a delightful collection that includes works that he attributes to 42 versifiers, including W.H. Auden, the Brownings, Robert Frost, Longfellow, Shakespeare and Gertrude Stein. Although in their graves, the poets are (accordingly to Thompson) very much alive in spirit snd Thompson was merely the go-between for conveying their thoughts from on high. These enchanting encounters from American, British and Canadian poetsm many of whom were widely read in their day, are a tantalizing and often playful literary collage. Back inside flap Bill Thompson When asked what influenced his life, Bill Thompson replied, "The movies, the public library, the Quaker Meeting, and holding, Janet Flanner's hand." Author both dead and alive seem to like him, which may explain why his personal library contains more than 60,000 volumns collected over a thirty year period and why long-deceased writers converse with (or through him) via telapathic writing. He hails from western Pennsylvania but now divides his time between the Hudson Valley in New York, the lowcountry of South Carolina and St. Croix, US Virgin Islands.

About the Author

Bill Thomson claims not to compose verse himself but to receive couplets and rhymes telepathically from great poets of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. He lives in New York City.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 88 pages
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith (December 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941711609
• ISBN-13: 978-0941711609
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,193,210 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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