Moose for Breakfast Nature Writing in Essays and Poetry eBook Nancy Owens Barnes
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Award-winning author Nancy Owens Barnes' Moose for Breakfast leads readers into a humbling world where crawdads school us, where rivers beckon us, and where the true texture of life reveals itself. With crystal clear imagery Barnes' writing inspires renewed awareness and appreciation of one's natural surroundings. Three of the poems included in Moose for Breakfast won first place in the 2008 Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest, for which the author received the Zola Award for Poetry.
Moose for Breakfast Nature Writing in Essays and Poetry eBook Nancy Owens Barnes
Let's ask ourselves a question. What do Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Edwin Way Teale, Heinrich Bernd and Julie Zickefoose all have in common? The answer is simple. All listed here can write and write well and all here write, on one level or another, about the outdoors. All listed here have the skill via their essays to take the reader on magical trips into the wilderness, their backyards or just a walk down a country lane and make the reader feel as if you are there with them. You feel what they see; you feel what they feel. To have the ability to do this is a true gift.Well add Nancy Owens Barnes to the list.
When it comes to reading; literary genre, for lack of a better description, other than a well written and good biography, the essay is my favorite read. Essays, and indeed poetry, which dwell in and are about the outdoors, are my favorite as to subject matter. Barnes has given us a very nice small volume of not only wonderful essays but also of poetry - each in its own way a true jewel.
Why do I read works such as this? What do I get out of it? Again, the answer is simple - it simply makes me more aware of my surroundings and much more appreciative. I read such works for the same reason I paint outdoor landscapes. (It should be noted that I do not paint well, but hey folks, it is my song and I will sing it any way I like). Through the act of painting I become more aware of the colors and shapes around me. It forces me to observe minute details, subtle changes in light, the blending of color and shock of contrast.
The same hold true for the written word. As an example, in one of her essays Ms. Barnes describes a family of squirrels playing in a nearby tree. Now squirrels I have by the dozens. I have so many here in our little patch of woods that they have sort of become background; unnoticed background for the most part. After reading the account of the author's squirrels I spent the next three days on my beloved back porch watching "my" squirrels with a greater appreciation of what I had. In another essay Barnes has travel back to her youth; a little girl growing up on a farm in Oklahoma, and describes for us her adventures in a nearby creek and pond. The water spiders, frogs, insects an account of a dissection of a crawdad - wow, did that bring back some wonderful memories of my own childhood in the rural Ozark Mountains. Ms. Barnes gave me a wonderful nostalgic trip - one I enjoyed and pondered on my back porch for days after. Her essays most certainly made me more aware, more thoughtful and added more joy - something I have an abundance of but hey, we all can use more and more. Thanks for the trip back to my youth Barnes...I enjoyed every step.
This author can take what may at first glance seem rather mundane, i.e. a day trip with her husband and children into the Idaho wilderness - a picnic sort of trip, and turn it into a rather profound and exciting adventure - an adventure in peace really.
But let's not overlook the poetry found in this volume...no, no, no! Technically she has the rhythm, make mo mistake about that, and her longer pieces read more like a string of Haiku strung together than anything else. One of her short poems involves a young moose that has been hit by a car. In those few lines the author recorded she pretty well captures the conflict between nature and our wiz-bang civilization. A wonderful bit work here.
This is good stuff here people. Do yourself a big favor and lay hands on a copy of this - I promise you won't be sorry.
Don Blankenship
The Ozarks
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Moose for Breakfast Nature Writing in Essays and Poetry eBook Nancy Owens Barnes Reviews
This book is a delightful compilation of poetry, pictures and essays. Nancy draws with words clear images so that it is easy to see a picture in your mind or develop the feeling of the topic. I can see the geese flying, for instance, and get that sense that the season is changing. Her stories are filled with excellent insight. "A Mountain of My Own" showed me the author's courage of and interest in accepting and looking forward to substantial changes in life. The beautiful pictures are an added bonus. I recommend this book from elementary age children to seniors.
It has been a long time since I've read any poetry and I found this to be an easy "reintroduction" to this genre. The pictures created by the words quickly developed in my mind. For me that means easy reading.
I especially enjoyed the essays, a delightful "outdoor stew" of memories. The black and whites produced on ecru added to the peacefulness of the read.
I found Moose for Breakfast more satisfying than a bowl of Wheaties. The author's carefully crafted and introspective poems brought back my own childlike wonder of nature and reminded me of my emotional ties to the natural world in which I live.
I discovered the essays read like poetry and found myself reading both the poems and essays aloud; taking the time to savor the inspiring pictures painted by the author across each page.
Moose for Breakfast is one of those little books I'll keep on my shelf and read again, every now and then.
Although I admit to having Poemphobia since being forced to read poems in college, I really enjoyed Nancy Owens Barnes' poetry and short stories in "Moose for Breakfast." I was pleasantly reminded of Alaska and all the good things about living in areas where wild things roam,the air is pure, and the charcters are real characters.
Let's ask ourselves a question. What do Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Edwin Way Teale, Heinrich Bernd and Julie Zickefoose all have in common? The answer is simple. All listed here can write and write well and all here write, on one level or another, about the outdoors. All listed here have the skill via their essays to take the reader on magical trips into the wilderness, their backyards or just a walk down a country lane and make the reader feel as if you are there with them. You feel what they see; you feel what they feel. To have the ability to do this is a true gift.
Well add Nancy Owens Barnes to the list.
When it comes to reading; literary genre, for lack of a better description, other than a well written and good biography, the essay is my favorite read. Essays, and indeed poetry, which dwell in and are about the outdoors, are my favorite as to subject matter. Barnes has given us a very nice small volume of not only wonderful essays but also of poetry - each in its own way a true jewel.
Why do I read works such as this? What do I get out of it? Again, the answer is simple - it simply makes me more aware of my surroundings and much more appreciative. I read such works for the same reason I paint outdoor landscapes. (It should be noted that I do not paint well, but hey folks, it is my song and I will sing it any way I like). Through the act of painting I become more aware of the colors and shapes around me. It forces me to observe minute details, subtle changes in light, the blending of color and shock of contrast.
The same hold true for the written word. As an example, in one of her essays Ms. Barnes describes a family of squirrels playing in a nearby tree. Now squirrels I have by the dozens. I have so many here in our little patch of woods that they have sort of become background; unnoticed background for the most part. After reading the account of the author's squirrels I spent the next three days on my beloved back porch watching "my" squirrels with a greater appreciation of what I had. In another essay Barnes has travel back to her youth; a little girl growing up on a farm in Oklahoma, and describes for us her adventures in a nearby creek and pond. The water spiders, frogs, insects an account of a dissection of a crawdad - wow, did that bring back some wonderful memories of my own childhood in the rural Ozark Mountains. Ms. Barnes gave me a wonderful nostalgic trip - one I enjoyed and pondered on my back porch for days after. Her essays most certainly made me more aware, more thoughtful and added more joy - something I have an abundance of but hey, we all can use more and more. Thanks for the trip back to my youth Barnes...I enjoyed every step.
This author can take what may at first glance seem rather mundane, i.e. a day trip with her husband and children into the Idaho wilderness - a picnic sort of trip, and turn it into a rather profound and exciting adventure - an adventure in peace really.
But let's not overlook the poetry found in this volume...no, no, no! Technically she has the rhythm, make mo mistake about that, and her longer pieces read more like a string of Haiku strung together than anything else. One of her short poems involves a young moose that has been hit by a car. In those few lines the author recorded she pretty well captures the conflict between nature and our wiz-bang civilization. A wonderful bit work here.
This is good stuff here people. Do yourself a big favor and lay hands on a copy of this - I promise you won't be sorry.
Don Blankenship
The Ozarks
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