Jugglers and Tides: Poems [Hardcover]

Priscilla Orr (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 92 pages
• Publisher: Hannacroix Creek Books; 1st edition (April 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889262021
• ISBN-13: 978-1889262024
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,532,785 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simple, direct language makes poems visual delights, August 23, 1998

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This review is from: Jugglers and Tides: Poems (Hardcover)

What impresses me the most about Priscilla Orr's poems is her use of simple, every-day words to create her descriptions of people and events. In one poem, for instance, she mentions her "controlled spiral of desire" in describing her encounter with a younger man. In another, she describes the "thick-toothed linoleum clowns" of a childhood bedroom. I can immediately see and feel what she describes so simply. Sometimes her poems take me back to my own childhood;sometimes they're about scenes and people alien to my experience, e.g., her descriptions of canyons and western vegetation, but I am always easily transported to the scene or emotion she is describing.

5.0 out of 5 stars Orr's shared memories awaken our own past., August 13, 1998

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Barbara Bakst ([e-mail]) (Verona, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jugglers and Tides: Poems (Hardcover)

In "Jugglers and Tides" poet Priscilla Orr lets us into the deep recesses of her life and awakens our own memories and passions. Each poem draws in the reader. I found myself sharing many of the experiences and feelings she describes. In "Silences: A Personal Narrative," she writes of her mother's death and discovering a slip of cream colored paper on which her mother had written, "The good woman is always silent." That six-word sentence shaped Orr's early life, and reminded me of my own struggle to be open to the world. Many of her poems bought my own memories back to life and provided me with new and important insights.

5.0 out of 5 stars From the heart, a collection of poems about life's journey, July 25, 1998

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[e-mail] (Bear, DE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jugglers and Tides: Poems (Hardcover)

The poems grab you on the first page and carry you through the worlds of the poet. Priscilla takes you into her life in a very personal way and shares its peaks and valleys. It is a trip worth taking- I found myself reflecting on my own journey, Beautiful poetry to read yourself and to share with others. . .