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Egg Island Almanac (Paperback)
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An endangered right whale attempting to nurse her new calf in the
December ocean, foxgloves blooming in different places from year to
year, or the rescue of imperiled Kemp's ridley sea turtles - the
bounty and cruelty of nature infuses this latest collection of
poems from Brendan Galvin, which takes as its maxim finding the
extraordinary in the ordinary all around us. The poems chronicle
the waxing and waning of the seasons from one winter to the next in
the area around Egg Island, the dunes near a small seacoast town on
the outermost reaches of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Galvin's training
as a naturalist and environmental writer is evident as his
practiced eye roves the waves, marshes, and forests, finding
meaning and beauty in the smallest detail - bird-watching,
rebuilding a woodpile, or the flight of bobwhite quail. Other poems
recall the poet's affectionate memories of his deceased wife and
the life they shared together, acknowledging grief without veering
into the maudlin. Always present beneath the surface is the
question of where humans fit into this wild, ever-changing
landscape. In meditations that recall the poetry and prose of Mary
Oliver or W. S. Merwin, Galvin sets off on a vivid journey sure to
increase readers' appreciation for the natural world. Perhaps his
most compelling message is that readers need not jet off to Everest
or Kilimanjaro to experience mystery and beauty on Earth - there's
wonder aplenty in our own backyards.
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