New Fields and Other Stones: On a Child's Death [Hardcover]

Saul Bennett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1998

Poetry. NEW FIELDS AND OTHER STONES is a wonderful work. As a grief therapist and grief educator, I welcome this book on many levels. Readers will identify with every word and be inspired and hopeful. Whether you have a child die or have suffered from any loss, the author's words will ring a familiar chord not only in your heart but in your soul. - Shelley Grod Tatalbaum, Director, Center for Grief, Loss and Life Transition, Poughkeepsie, NY. Don't / tell him. He'll collapse. // I'll tell him when / his train gets here. / Your child (Pay Phone).

Editorial Reviews

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"As a poet who also has lost a child, and written about it, I have great admiration for the courage, grace, and voice of memory/experience that Saul Bennett shares in this moving, redemptive collection. What makes the book stand out is the Lieberman-like use of diction, adding another layer of tension with respect to the subject matter. This is as strong a debut as any poet has made into the world of letters." -- Michael Bugeja, author, 'The Visionary' and 'The Art & Craft of Poetry'

After The Architect
At First
Bagged
Balloon Man
Box Life: 1. Inspector Virus
Box Life: 2. Sonderkommando
Capital
The Coming Of The Sound
The Commuter
A Durable Power
Esteemed Major Poets Memorialize A Dear Poet Friend
Feature Presentation
Fifth Column
Gallows Observed In Summertime
Greens
The Grey White Way
The Griefmobile
Home For The Holiday
Hot Dog
Hours Of Collection
Installed
Jesus Matiness
Jonathan Edwards Preaches To The Sea Lions
A Journalist's Report From The Front
Just Dessert
Long Pants Relay Team
Magellan's Secret Sailing
Measurements
The News Of The World
A Note On The Run From A Baritone On Tour
An Old Time Western Roundup
On Encounting The Father Of A Dead Child And, Subsequently, That Child
On The Rack
Our Exhumed Records: The Case Of Morning Coffee, Sels
Overboard!
Paul Revere In Mourning
Pay Phone
Pining
Ravel's Piano Concerto In D Major For The Left Hand
Reflecting Pool In Winter
Render Homage To Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929)
Reservation At 21
Resuscitation
Reveille
Small Commuter To Portland, Maine
Succeeding Mr. Green
Swap Shop
Terminus
Three Dreams And Out: 1. Tourists
Three Dreams And Out: 2. Three Hundred Seventy-two
Three Dreams And Out: 3. Spa Dream
An Undertaker Recounts His Youth
A Wake Night
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Hardcover: 97 pages
• Publisher: Archer Books; 1st edition (January 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966229908
• ISBN-13: 978-0966229905
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,060,338 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Aspects of religion and grief explored in wonderful poetry!, April 6, 1999

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This review is from: New Fields and Other Stones: On a Child's Death (Hardcover)

This book is truly incredible. It reaches into the depths of human grief and sorrow helping anyone who has ever lost someone. Mr. Bennett is a true poetic craftsman and creates an overwhelming sense of empathy with the reader. From "The Commuter" to "The Griefmobile", Bennett takes the reader into the process of dealing with grief, seeing loss for what it is, and moving on into the world of eternal sadness with that hint of hope to carry on. I recommend this book for anyone who has lost someone OR anyone who thinks they never will.