No Loneliness [Paperback]

Temple Cone (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 25, 2009

Poems by Temple Cone. No Loneliness is the winner of the 2009 FutureCycle Press Poetry Prize.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A hauntingly lyrical first collection... The book is permeated by the concepts of mercy and grace, but if this means that there is an underlying theme of hope... there is plenty of shadow to counterbalance the sunshine. 
--J.S. Watts, Neon

Winner of the 2009 FutureCycle Poetry Book Prize

From Robert S. King, Director and Editor-in-Chief, FutureCycle Press—

In our minds, this book has already passed the test of time. It is the work of an exceptional mind and an exceptional poet. We’re not the only ones talking about it already.

From Ronald Wallace, author of Long for this World: New & Selected Poems—

“. . . Cone embraces the wounds and wonders of the natural world, retaining, with ‘winds washed clean as pebbles,’ an unshakable faith in the healing power of song. This is truly a book of blessings, a blessing of a book.”

From Michael S. Harper, Poet Laureate Emeritus, State of Rhode Island, and author of Songlines in Michaeltree: New and Collected Poems—

“. . . Temple Cone frames . . . a romantic dream-book of possibilities . . . Cone is alive in his world and will not relinquish control of any element. Even his wife, child, and Rumi’s thematic of the Beloved sally forth in the flute-music of Cone’s dance. And Temple Cone is an artful dancer, the craft and vision of his art-making a belief in grace and gracenotes.”

From Claudia Emerson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Late Wife: Poems—

“A poet of unwavering honesty and lyric precision, Temple Cone’s gift to us, and to poetry, is in ‘the persistence of song’—an underlying sense of wondrous optimism despite the perils of the world we shape and are shaped by. No Loneliness is a beautiful collection and remarkable debut from a young, but very wise and soulful poet.”

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 86 pages
• Publisher: FutureCycle Press; 1ST edition (July 25, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0578030985
• ISBN-13: 978-0578030982
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 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 (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,150,323 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Temple Cone is the author of three books of poetry: That Singing, from March Street Press (2011); The Broken Meadow, which received the 2010 Old Seventy Creek Poetry Press Series Prize; and No Loneliness, wihch received the 2009 Future Cycle Poetry Book Prize in 2009. An associate professor of English at the United States Naval Academy, he lives in Annapolis, Maryland with his wife and daughter.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best poetry collection I have read in years!, October 19, 2009

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dvrumo (Hampton Roads) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Loneliness (Paperback)

This is an inspired collection of poems focusing primarily on nature themes as well as family and self. This book reveals the author's passion for life exploding in every word. Cone has expressed his life, love and feelings in a way most cannot and yet it is still accessible to a common person such as I. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it to all.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection, Great Author, November 5, 2010

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J. Moore "bookman1" (CHESTERFIELD, VA, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Loneliness (Paperback)

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I basically give an anecdote of how I met the author, and I recommend one poem in particular--that poem is "Forgiveness". But all of them are great, with form and unadulterated beauty. It won the 2009 FutureCycle Poetry Book Prize.