In this her seventeenth book, a different kind of poetry book is what you will find here. All of the poetry is done on photography and graphic art designs. The author is a poetic genius who has written from the innermost depths of her soul. You may cry, laugh and feel emotions that will give you the opportunity to get to know her just a little better than from her previous books. Daveda created the first 'Picture Poetry' book a few years ago and now has decided it is the time to release this, her latest book. Take the time to read about the author as she reveals her thoughts about where she came from and her views on America. You will then be able to understand her poetry a little bit better but you will not fall asleep reading this poetry book. Every poem has a purpose because it is a part of the author and her hopes and fears. A full glossary of poetic styles/forms that are used is included in the book. Enjoy the journey as you turn the pages of this 'New Picture Poetry'.

In Poetry, Pictures, and Popular Publishing eminent Rossetti scholar Lorraine Janzen Kooistra demonstrates the cultural centrality of a neglected artifact: the Victorian illustrated gift book. Turning a critical lens on “drawing-room books” as both material objects and historical events, Kooistra reveals how the gift book’s visual/verbal form mediated “high” and popular art as well as book and periodical publication. A composite text produced by many makers, the poetic gift book was designed for domestic space and a female audience; its mode of publication marks a significant moment in the history of authorship, reading, and publishing. With rigorous attention to the gift book’s aesthetic and ideological features, Kooistra analyzes the contributions of poets, artists, engravers, publishers, and readers and shows how its material form moved poetry into popular culture. Drawing on archival and periodical research, she offers new readings of Eliza Cook, Adelaide Procter, and Jean Ingelow and shows the transatlantic reach of their verses. Boldly resituating Tennyson’s works within the gift-book economy he dominated, Kooistra demonstrates how the conditions of corporate authorship shaped the production and receptionof the laureate’s verses at the peak of his popularity. Poetry, Pictures, and Popular Publishing changes the map of poetry’s place—in all its senses—in Victorian everyday life and consumer culture.

A photograph is worth a thousand words. Poetry paints word pictures using poetic imagery. On their own, they each are exquisite. Combined they become something else – a powerful composition that blends the best of both. That is what happens in this book. The author is inspired by the image, and from it, poetry flows to dance and enhance the whole upon the page. Images from the eye of a photographer that translate to the mind of the poet. The wonder here is that both are the same. The photographer is the poet. Here is an excerpt from Poem #16, Goldfinches Feeding. Three golden birds with golden song Flew in to eat sunflower seed. Bright feathers flashing color creed Of deepest hue to come along. I hope they feel that they belong In my backyard. I’ll feed their need. Three golden birds with golden song Flew in to eat sunflower seed.

A Hundred Little 3D Pictures started out from those once-popular computer generated images a certain stare, unfocused or crosseyed, could render in layered three dimensions, with some really astonishing results... Recall the excitement in childhood when we looked into a diorama and saw back and back past whatever was being portrayed, not very far back really, perhaps, maybe only a shoebox length back, but peering through the front hole with the little flashlight or christmas bulb illuminating it, we saw a wee world that gave us shivers of delight.

Essay poetry is only one variation among many forms of poetry that already exist and which will exist in the future. I does not pretend or claim to be superior or inferior to other forms of poetry. It also does not purport to either dominate or homogenize poetry. It is just one rose from the exuberant garden of Eden, which is filled with many other types of flowers. It is just one deer of a certain species that dwells among many other kinds of wildlife. It is only one color, orange, among a rainbow, which is enriched by a variety of other colors.

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