Cold Fire : Poems

Name: Cold Fire : Poems
Brand: Red Hen Press

Red Hen Press

Cold FirePoems\nAuthor(s): David Mason\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Red Hen Press, United States\nImprint: Red Hen Press\nISBN-13: 9781636284583, 978-1636284583\nSynopsis\nFORMER COLORADO POET LAUREATE\n\nFrom the volcanic landscapes of the Pacific Rim to the mythic echoes of Greece and India, Cold Fire is a radiant meditation on memory, nature, and the enduring sparks of love and creation.\n\nDavid Masons poetry circles the globe. The urgent and beautiful poems of his new book, Cold Fire, have settings in Australia, India, Greece, Turkey and the American West. A title sequence takes up the Aboriginal practice of cool burning for fire mitigation, and moves to the Ring of Fire, the volcanoes of Masons childhood home in the Pacific Northwestfires of creation and destruction. Here the dream life of art is pitched against human conflict. Here we have poems of family life, aging, and a deep conversation with history and myth. This is a book of light, love, and powerful remembrance from t.