Kindred Verse: Poems Inspired by Anne of Green Gables

by Julie A. Sellers, Jay Wallace (Designed by)

Overview

This collection of beautiful, whimsical poems and photographs, invites readers into the world of a young woman, known across the world, Anne of Green Gables, of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The author reflects in her poems the magic of Anne stories published by L.M. Montgomery in eight Anne books and how the stories and the place reshaped her own sense of possibility. The poems are magical, lyrical and enticing. Readers will long to walk the woods, the beach, look out from Anne's bedroom upon the world of the place Green Gables where a young orphan found home and identity living with two elderly siblings. The connection between Anne's world of a hundred years ago and Julie A. Sellers' today are beautifully portrayed and invite readers to explore their own connections to Anne's world and other literary worlds that inspired them and changed their lives. This chapbook is evidence of why we read and an invitation to immerse yourself in Anne's world and your own world of imagination.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781736911228
Publisher:	Blue Cedar Press
Publication date:	06/15/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	62
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Julie A. Sellers was raised in the Flint Hills near the small town of Florence, Kansas. After living in several states and countries, Julie is happy to make her home in Atchison, KS, where she is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Benedictine College. Julie has published three academic books, and her creative prose and poetry has appeared in publications such as Cagibi, Eastern Iowa Review, Wanderlust and Kansas Time + Place! Julie was the Kansas Author's Club 2020 Prose Writer of the year. A lifelong fan of Anne of Green Gables, Julie regrets that her middle name is spelled without an "e."
At a young age, Jay Wallace visited many historical sites during his formative years, which helped him grow a love for history. Jay undertook architecture and drafting courses and frequently incorporates architectural elements in his work. Jay worked as a Graphic Designer / Desktop Publisher in the commercial printing industry for over 15 years before turning to the fine art of Printmaking. In 2010, Jay received a BFA in Design & Illustration with an emphasis in Printmaking at Utah Valley University. He was offered a graduate teaching assistantship at the University of South Dakota and received an MFA in Printmaking in 2013. Jay served multiple years as an assistant for the nationally recognized Frogman's Printmaking Workshops and has been active in exhibiting nationally and internationally in the past. His work has been published in a number of print and online publications. Jay has also been a Graphic Design and Printmaking instructor at Utah Valley University and Provo College. He has also enjoyed working with museum fossil restoration and mounting at a Paleontology lab. Jay currently resides in Atchison, Kansas with his wife and children.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

4 Preface

7 Kindred Spirits

8 A Home for Imperfect Girls

11 Looking for Anne: Postcard from Prince Edward Island

13 Hallowed Ground

14 Talisman of Dreams

16 The Enchanted Bookcase

18 On Cavendish Beach

20 A Sweet and Subtle Spell

22 Windows

24 Dreamroom

26 The Enchanted Forest

28 Lune

29 Lands Without Mayflowers

30 Violet Vale

31 Shining Waters

33 Wind and Stars and Fireflies

35 Octobers

37 Sixku

39 The Dream of a Fragrance

41 Narcissus poeticus

43 The Souls of Good Violets

45 Once

47 A New Day

48 Marilla Cuthbert

49 Matthew Cuthbert

50 Diana Barry

51 The Opening Door

53 Gilbert Blythe

54 Dancing Wings

56 In Hester Gray's Garden

58 Last Word

60 Thanks

60 Acknowledgments

61 About the Author

61 Map of Prince Edward Island