Roadmap Hands: (and other reaching poems)

by Marjorie A. Thomas

Overview

Roadmap Hands (and other reaching poems) is an exploration of life in all its polar phases. In chapters of love, heartache, and wonder, we travel a road all the way to the end of a life. From the observations of a small anxious child; to the growing pangs of a young adult, struggling to find themselves in the confusion of exploring sexuality and intense new relationships; to final days of clouded memories, bruised hands, and hospital beds. This collection of poetry reaches for that ideal that growth and change are necessary parts of living. That the road to dying does not necessarily have to be such a scary concept. What it could be—is an invitation to feel as much as possible during the that time we are alive. To welcome sadness, as we do joy. To remain just kids, even in aging, and growing. Somewhere along the way, finding peace in the going.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781734794618
Publisher:	Marjorie A. Thomas
Publication date:	06/29/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	102
File size:	618 KB

About the Author

Marjorie A. Thomas is an American poet, illustrator, musician, and filmmaker from the sunny suburban sprawls of Los Angeles, California. She resides currently in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she is pursuing dual degrees in Cinema and Psychology at San Francisco State University. Her creative film work has featured in festivals such as the Manchester Student Short Festival and the Lift-Off First-Time Filmmaker Sessions, as well as a screening at her UK alma mater, earning her a Jury's Choice Award from The University of Hull. An avid storyteller from early childhood, and poet from the age of eleven, she has over the years developed a niche in exploring themes such as youth, memory, love, relationships, death, and mental health.

Table of Contents

Contents

 

In the Beginning:

The Stork, He Wants to Know   

Play the Game  

Exhibition   

Shapes   

Cosmic Beauty  

Origin   

Fruit-bearing Tree   

Intimate Insight Between Mother and Child

What Lives Behind Their Eyes?   

Soundly   

Footprints   

Center of Your Own   

Observations 4:18   

Like a Picture on a Metal Plate  

Naivety   

Art of Knowing Nothing   

 

Somewhere Along the Way:

Observations 12:5  

Morning Service   

He’s an Artist Man  

Deadbeat Sweets    

Toothache   

Kaifuku  

City of Fog (v.1)   37 Expectations   

Confused & Laying Down   

Unexpected Attraction  

Night Terrors   

Lie with Me   

What I’d Do for a F*cking Eraser  

Time Machine  

See Me, See Me   

You, Uncomfortable Reminder   

Into the Water   

Gone   

 

And in the Going:

The Journey Home  

Check the Pockets     

Youth   

Photographs   

City of Fog (v.2)   

I Remember Your Face  

Shut Away  

Maniac Jacket  

Welcome, Unwanted Guest   

Anxieties  

The Descent 

Highland’s Edge   

Roadmap Hands  

Walthamstow Wetlands  

Estilos del Amo   

Dark Eyes  

The Fire, the Fight   

Neck Smell   

Hospital Bed Confessions