Streams of Verse - Paperback

by Nancy W. de Honores (Author)

"I am, before anything else, a person passionately in love with language. My bricks are words and my mortar is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. What I create begins as a lump in the throat. I am a poet"
The Poet's Creed
For over fifty years, I have been in love with poets and poetry. From the first time I read "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" to my discovery of William Stafford's "Behind the Falls," I have known that poetry is the ultimate medium for expressing visceral truths and raw emotions. In this book, Nancy De Honores proves herself a master of the modern expression of this artform and a champion of the Poet's Creed.
Combining a discerning eye of the physical world with a powerful sense of the realm of the spiritual, Nancy writes of love, both the spiritual and the physical, with a freshness that impressed me and reminded me of the devotion all poets have, not just to words, but to language. A witty turn of a phrase can be a force for good but a meaningful work of art can change someone's life forever.
What you will find in this book are images from a poet who has lived life passionately. From her vision of a "nacre prayer book with a latch of gold" to her homage to Maya Angelou to her "Baths of Humility," Nancy shares with us details of her life that result in the overflow of powerful feelings. Using those feelings, she has given us a book of poetry that begins and ends with a lump in the throat. I am honored to be able to bring it to you and promise that you will find your own powerful feelings within these pages.