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The Coat is ThinView
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by leonard Neufeldt
  paperback, 100 pages, $12.95
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A collection of highly descriptive poems which comprises lyrical meditations, narratives, dramatic monologues, and verse essays. The first section draws strongly on memory in presenting the luminous immediacy of experiences with others and nature. Later sections turn to the Dutch-Russian Mennonites who influenced and shaped the poet; troubling issues of war, peace, and the exercise of power; and the possibilities in our time of living and writing with integrity.

Copyright 2008 Cascadia Publishing Hosue

 
Evening ChoreView
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by Shari Wagner
  illustrated by John Domont, cover art
paperback, 106 pages, $12.95
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In Evening Chore, Wagner takes us with her to the far pasture, that borderland where at dusk the known meets the unknown, where details are at once familiar and mysterious, where "a kill- deer, plain-collared plover of open fields" circles above us, "with the pull of ocean in its flight."

This landscape is both personal and mythological, evoking those invisible connections that Wagner sensed from her extended Mennonite family as well as from time spent in Kenya, Somalia, and among the Choctaw in Louisiana. These connections bring together what are frequently viewed as opposites: nature and humanity, the dead and the living, time and eternity, mythology, and truth.

In recalling the haunting cry of the muezzin from the mosque, the harmony of a cappella singing and the sure voice of the poet's grandfather as he "shook the cows from the shadows," Evening Chore reverberates with "voices inside of voices, / husks beneath husks."

Copyright 2005 Cascadia Publishing House

 
New Songs: A CollectionView
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by Otto Selles
  illustrated by Geraldine Selles-Ysselstein
Paperback, 88 pages, $14.00
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This Beautiful book explores biblical and spiritual themes, fusing free-verse poetry with woodcut illustrations. Otto Selles' verse reflects of familiar biblical phrases and themes at times taking on the points of view of biblical figures such as Goliath and Judas. In the words of one reviewer, "Selles shines a light outward, and from various angles, so that we may see anew what has always been there of see for the first time possibilities beyond our usual ken." Each poem is accompanied by a wood cut illustration by Geraldine Selles-Ysselstein, reflection the themes of the poem, creating a "gallery" of words and images. 
Prayers for a Treasured ChildView
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  28 pages, $5.95
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This collection of prayers is itself a treasure, filled with whimsical illustrations of happy children, busy at life. A selection of 12 prayers are spread through the pages of particular appeal to both boys and girls ages four to nine.

Grandparents will love to give this gem of a book, as will parents and special teachers. Prayers for a Treasured Child makes an exquisite gift of love or a heartfelt recognition of accomplishment.

 
Oracle of the HeartView
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by Muriel T. Stackley
  illustrated by Lynette Schroeder Wiebe
paperback, 70 pages, $12.00
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Oracle of the Heart is a collection of selected poems by Muriel T. Stackley. Written over a period of years, some of the poems have been printed in magazines, journals, and books, but this is the first book made up entirely of her work.

The book is divided into eight sections: Searching, Loving, Pondering, Parenting, Celebrating, Grieving, Confronting, and Worshiping. Each section division is illustrated with pen and ink line drawings by Lynette Schroeder Wiebe, who also illustrated the cover. Foreword by Anna K. Junhnke.

Revised 2003.

 
Amish Roots: A Treasure of History, Wisdom, and LoveView
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by John A. Hostetler, editor
  paperback, 318 pages, $21.95
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It isn't the way of the Amish to write about themselves. But John A Hostetler has put together a delightful anthology in which they do just that. More than 150 rare and unusual letters and journal entries, poems and stories, riddles, legends, and bits of family lore offer a uniquely authentic view of the Amish life from colonial times to the present.

Here Amish men and women speak. On America. The decline of the family. Health and home remedies. Farming. They offer three centuries' wisdom on issues ranging from raising a barn to raising children, from getting along with neighbors to breaking in a team of mules.

Copyright 1989 John Hopkins University Press

 
Sleep in PeaceView
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by Ingrid Hess
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This charming book-length poem is the perfect bedtime story. It assures the children trying to put off the inevitable that no matter where or how they live, everybody goes to bed sooner or later. And just like them, God watches over children everywhere, as they Sleep in Peace.

Copyright 2007 Herald Press

 
Rhapsody with Dark MatterView
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by Jeff Gundy
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Poet Jean Janzen writes, "These vivid meditations call us to enter the whirl of our desires. With wit and passion, Jeff Gundy investigates our deep roots of longing--for God and the other. He offers an unforgettable ride."

Here is a collection of poems for all lovers of fine poetry tinged with faith and honesty about doubt.

 
Snake in the ParsonageView
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by Jean Janzen
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Save 50%! This is a used book in excellent condition. There is no writing or marks in the book.
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Includes the poems for which Jean Janzen received the prestigious Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts. Jean shows us life-colored deeply and in irrepressible light. 
Kinientos: New Pictures of an Old WorldView
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by Kamala Platt
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Kinientos: New Pictures of an Old world is a book for those who want to broaden their perspective on the Columbian Legacy in the New World. Voices of pain, anger, fear, and hope resound from the poems, essays, and illustrations by 19 contributors of varied ethnic backgrounds--Native Peoples, African-American, Latina/o, Euro-American, and Asian-American. Some of you might not normally hear these voices, but you will find your world view enlarged if you take time to listen to them speak.

While speaking on issues that tend to separate people, this book also portrays interrelatedness through the use of the coined work Kinientos in the title, replacing the English work for kin (persons of common ancestry) for the Spanish quin in quinientos (500).

Much of the work to compile the anthology was done by a committee of the writers and visual artists themselves, making it a group work of art as well as a collection of individual pieces.

 
A Liturgy for StonesDetails...
A Quiet and Peaceable LifeDetails...
Anabaptist Visions for the New Millennium: A Search for IdentityDetails...
Empty Room with LightDetails...
I Saw God DancingDetails...
Migrant Muses: Mennonite/s Writing in the U.S.Details...
On the Cross: Devotional PoemsDetails...
Piano in the VineyardDetails...
Tasting the DustDetails...
Three Mennonite PoetsDetails...
Through a Lens ObliqueDetails...
Walker in the Fog: On Mennonite WritingDetails...
Where We StartDetails...

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