The Heron Could be Lost by Buff Whitman-Bradley

$14.99

 

These poems are luminous and generous, making room for newts, crickets, stars, and a boundlessly tender view of the human condition.  Each poem is laced with affection for humanity, and has a curious, intimate take on the natural world.They acknowledge the wobbliness, uncertainty, and danger of an unknown future, and they are superb company along the way. Buff Bradley brings a heartening and playful voice to grave matters; his sensibility is steeped in delight.

–Julie Searle

 

I have been reading Buff Whitman-Bradley’s wonderful poems for many years now and am always grateful for the “sweet moment of pause” they give me to see the world with a fresh gaze. The poems offer not only new perspectives on the ordinary and everyday – a frog seeking a carrer in show biz, a mushroom praising its existence, a spring day arriving in a delivery truck —  they also invite me to listen to and learn from the natural world, to “cultivate quiescence and pay more attention to owls.” As a grandfather,  I want to share with my grandchildren the encouragement these poems offer for looking more closely at the world around us; and I welcome the time spent with oatmeal cookies, crickets and stars, wayfaring ladybugs, and friendly porch lights from distant galaxies.

–Rod Anderson

 

 

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The Heron Could be Lost

by Buff Whitman-Bradley

$14.99, paper

978-1-64662-858-2

2022

With deep affection and a quirky imagination, Buff Whitman-Bradley witnesses and records ordinary moments of our daily lives in ways that invite us to view common, everyday occurrences and characters with fresh eyes and renewed appreciation. He worries about the world we all love as climate change threatens more and more natural systems. He celebrates the first flight of an osprey, the winter arrival of newts, the music of frogs, a ladybug in retirement, the “melodious silence of woods,” and the “wild beauty within.” Here is a book of small surprises, packed full of stars and owls, herons and urtles and mushrooms and bees, and even Anton Chekhov, presented with gentle humor and a quiet urgency about what lies ahead.

In the homestretch of his 8th decade, Buff Whitman-Bradley has been writing poetry for almost 60 years.  His poems have been published in many journals and in three previous collections – b. eagle, poet; The Honey Philosophies; and At the Driveway Guitar Sale. He podcasts poems on aging, memory, and mortality at thirdactpoems.podbean.com. With his wife, Cynthia, he lives in a small town in northern California.

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