The Poetic Vibrations of a Matured Butterfly by Arthur Conway (English) Paperbac

Description: The Poetic Vibrations of a Matured Butterfly by Arthur Conway, Hampton Olfus There is a lot one can learn from the matured butterflies among us. You know the ones who survived the perilous larva stage without being eaten alive. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Poetic Vibrations of a Matured Butterfly There is a lot one can learn from the matured butterflies among us. You know the ones who survived the perilous larva stage without being eaten alive and completed the metamorphosis bruised but stronger for the experience. There is profound beauty in the potential wisdom and inspiration available from those matured butterflies willing to share the lessons acquired on their journey. Their observations through the lens of experience and their testament to the survivability of the most harrowing of lifes trials should ensure they are never without an audience. Arthur Lee Conway is one of those matured butterflies. He offers his poetic observations and parables here in three parts: Rites of Passage, Valley of Passions, and Philosophical Roads. Within these 100+ pages, this Charlottesville native shares his pithy ponderings on a variety of subjects, from the historical to the political, from the far reaches of the heavens to the innermost depths of the human psyche.Join the author as he shares poignant poetry and prose along with the mesmerizing illustrations of the talented Mr. Hampton R. Olfus, Jr. Read The Poetic Vibrations of a Matured Butterfly, and youll be inspired and invigorated by the experience. Purchase The Poetic Vibrations of a Matured Butterfly today. Review Booklife Part political commentary, part confrontation with history, Conways pained, scathing collection reconsiders historical moments that no one would deem the brightest hour for nations and peoples, opening with the powerful "The Consequences of a Blackman Bringing Fire," about the shooting of Martin Luther King Jr, and moving on with titles like "An Abrupt Flash of Hell in Urbania." Illustrations created by Hampton R. Olfus Jr. illuminate the darkest moments, the sketches breaking through the white of the page as if to show the shadows the light is trying to burn out, and Conway offers some reprieves, such as a paean spending the night with someone beautiful or observing a dragonfly skirting above the surface of water without care of what might lie beneath. Those moments propel readers (and possibly the poet) to keep going, an encouragement to push forward. Conways poems face injustices of global history, in the Americas and South Africa and China and more, often sharply critiquing systems of power that have not just allowed atrocities and apathy but encouraged them. The bluntly titled "A Progressive Act of Land Reform, As Viewed by a Latin American Child" summons up the vulnerability of having nowhere to turn as the powers that be destroy the Earth itself-"brown earth-flesh" spatters against this El Salvadorans "tin casa" like "rain falling against an empty Campbells / soup can." The Poetic Vibrations of a Matured Butterfly is raw yet ethereal, a dream journal linking powerful injustices throughout history into an interrelated whole, tied together by a vigorous clarity of language, especially in the occasional short poems that open with "Oppression is ..." and then offer ever-evolving examples that each connect to the same enduring root problem. The collection builds to the powerful image, in the penultimate poem, of "...a mighty Panther devouring a dead, tainted Eagles / flesh..." The reincarnation detailed afterwards gives a sense of change-of hope-despite all the scenes of misused power that precede it. Conway brings fire.Takeaway: A pained, potent collection of poems on global injustice, oppression, and even hope. Review Quote Booklife Part political commentary, part confrontation with history, Conways pained, scathing collection reconsiders historical moments that no one would deem the brightest hour for nations and peoples, opening with the powerful "The Consequences of a Blackman Bringing Fire," about the shooting of Martin Luther King Jr, and moving on with titles like "An Abrupt Flash of Hell in Urbania." Illustrations created by Hampton R. Olfus Jr. illuminate the darkest moments, the sketches breaking through the white of the page as if to show the shadows the light is trying to burn out, and Conway offers some reprieves, such as a paean spending the night with someone beautiful or observing a dragonfly skirting above the surface of water without care of what might lie beneath. Those moments propel readers (and possibly the poet) to keep going, an encouragement to push forward. Conways poems face injustices of global history, in the Americas and South Africa and China and more, often sharply critiquing systems of power that have not just allowed atrocities and apathy but encouraged them. The bluntly titled "A Progressive Act of Land Reform, As Viewed by a Latin American Child" summons up the vulnerability of having nowhere to turn as the powers that be destroy the Earth itself-"brown earth-flesh" spatters against this El Salvadorans "tin casa" like "rain falling against an empty Campbells / soup can." The Poetic Vibrations of a Matured Butterfly is raw yet ethereal, a dream journal linking powerful injustices throughout history into an interrelated whole, tied together by a vigorous clarity of language, especially in the occasional short poems that open with "Oppression is ..." and then offer ever-evolving examples that each connect to the same enduring root problem. The collection builds to the powerful image, in the penultimate poem, of "...a mighty Panther devouring a dead, tainted Eagles / flesh..." The reincarnation detailed afterwards gives a sense of change-of hope-despite all the scenes of misused power that precede it. Conway brings fire. Takeaway: A pained, potent collection of poems on global injustice, oppression, and even hope. Details ISBN0578953463 Publisher Arthur Conway Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 0578953463 ISBN-13 9780578953465 Format Paperback Publication Date 2021-07-19 UK Release Date 2021-07-19 Imprint Arthur Conway Author Hampton Olfus Pages 114 Illustrator Hampton Olfus Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132913728;

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