Open Heart [Hardcover]

Judith Mickel Sornberger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1993 | ISBN-10: 0934971323 | ISBN-13: 978-0934971324

Elegant poetry exploring a midwestern woman's relationships to family, ancestors, and the world

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

This collection, which takes its title from a poem about surgery undergone by the author's grandmother, deals largely with relationships within a close-knit Nebraska plains family, especially among its women. "Visiting Our Nation's Capitol" brings together the nurturing aspects of motherhood and the mothering of our nation and planet; images of hands--those of madonnas, of mothers and daughters, of congressmen--persist throughout this fine, sensitive poem, which closes by asking us to "control the careless flailing/ of our arms, to use the hands of mothers/ when our hands touch anything." At her best, Sornberger uses words with fine sensitivity. At other moments, she falls into the inexperienced writer's trap of trying to fit too many wordy details into a poem. Nonetheless, this warmly loving book is hard to put down and hard to forget. Sornberger is a poet to watch.
- Judy Clarence, California State Univ. Lib., Hayward
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Review

The Absence Of Color
Adam And Eve Clothespin Dolls
Amelia Earhart Rag Doll
Angel Chimes
Bisque Doll Family
The Blue Hour
Caprock Canyon
Cinderella
A Clash Of Bone: A Painting Of Pachycephalosauri
Confirmation
Dividing The Dolls
February Letter
Fire And Ice
The First, Second, And Last Scene Of Mortality
French Young Lady Doll Ca. 1845
From The Art Museum's Oriental Wing
Judith Beheading Holofernes
Knowing My Name
Lamp Man
Love Letter From My Son
Matriarch
My Student Says She Is Not Beautiful
My Twin Sons Talk With Me About Survival
The Naming Of Sara Rebecca
Night Swim In A Farm Pond
The Olson Women And Their Hair
Open Heart
Packing Grandma's China
Pewter Angel
Pioneer Child's Doll
The Place To Begin
Poem In September, On My Mother's Birthday
Reading The Postcard Painting
Sense And Sensibility
Stained Glass
To A Serious Woman
Trying On Swimsuits With Mother: Memorial Day
Visit
Visiting The Nation's Capital
Wallpapering To Patsy Cline
Wish
Women Who Dream Of Men
Women's Aerobics Class
Worry Dolls From The Natural History Museum
Wrinkles
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder® --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: CALYX Books (September 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0934971323
• ISBN-13: 978-0934971324
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,882,461 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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