“Selected Poems of Chris Long, Half a Century of Life’s Observations”
Some of Chris Long’s views on poetry:
As we progress through life we encounter many moods and expressions. Poetry is a way of expressing these for others to experience, and a way to record them for future recollection. A good poem implies much more than it actually says. It is larger than life and condenses much meaning into few words.
A photograph shows exactly what is there; a painting hints that there is more there than meets the eye. Poets cannot resist the challenge to attempt to paint a picture with carefully chosen words, arranged in harmonious sequences. Poetry should be to prose, what a painting is to a photograph.
'The Troop Train'- written in England, in the 1940’s after the end of the Second World War ‘Coquitlam River’- written in British Columbia, Canada, in 1997, a reflective poem on life‘Don’t Call Me Stupid’- written in British Columbia, Canada, in 2000,from the collective perspective of callers to the Lower Mainland crisis line, on which Chris took calls for many years‘The Soul of Swaziland’- written in Swaziland, in 2001 while working there at the age of 74'Colonialism’- a look at world politics and power, written in 2003."Selected Poems" – 25 in all – offers a unique perspective on life, political power, nature, and people from someone whose email list includes friends from all over the world, of all races and cultures and ages. $8.50. Order your copy here or, while supplies of "Selected Poems" last, you can order "Selected Poems" and "The Underwater Mystery" together and SAVE ON SHIPPING. |
