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978-0-9708972-3-7
0-9708972-3-5
$13.95 paperback
110 pages
6 x 9
Novello Festival Press
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In
Waiting for the Trout to Speak, her second book of poetry,
Honeycutt demonstrates clearly her mastery of the art that she has
shared so effectively with her students. She builds on her already
established reputation for the delicate lyricism of her work. Honeycutt
writes simultaneously about the human condition, and the mystery and
beauty of the natural world that surrounds us.
Nationally renowned poet Peter
Meinke concludes that Honeycutt's poems are reminiscent of Wordsworth's,
and "teach us about the meanings inherent in our own lives. . . .
We finish Waiting for the Trout to Speak with the sense of having
traveled through a deeply satisfying spiritual landscape." North
Carolina Poet Laureate Fred Chappell agrees. "Honesty and
clarity," he writes, "are the prime guarantees of genuine
poetry. Irene Blair Honeycutt offers these qualities so naturally that a
reader feels immediately in her personal presence. Fine company she
makes, too. Unhurried, intimate but not confessional. . . For all its
sorrows, Waiting for the Trout to Speak is cheering to hold and
to read." Honeycutt's work is poetry at its best--evocative and
clear, accessible and honest, unflinching in its deep and subtle
exploration of what it means to be human.
about the author
Irene Blair Honeycutt lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she has
taught creative writing at Central Piedmont Community College for 32
years. She also directs the school’s Annual Spring Literary Festival.
Her first book, It Comes As a Dark Surprise, won Sandstone
Publishing's New South Poetry Series Contest in 1992.
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