THE TOSSING DREAM by Jade Rosina McCutcheon

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Short lines, syncopated rhythms. These unrhymed, unmetered lyric poems give pleasure akin to that of rhymed, metrical verse. And they are full of intense color, reminiscent of Fauvist and Expressionist canvases. They create an experience of synesthesia: sounds have color, color and light have sound. They reflect a deep sense of connection to non-human fellow creatures and to the earth we share with them. And they find light in the least likely places. Indeed, though some of the subjects are dark—a mother’s last days, difficulties of a brother far away, wildfire and other (un-)natural disasters, pandemic and related societal ills, mental malaise—the overall tone is light. When a screaming bark wakes the poet in the small hours, she joshes the culprit, a red fox, “Did you sign up / for that piercing scream / or was it just / the luck of the draw?” Addressing her brother, “earth weary old man / silver bright mind / on old giraffe knees,” the poet urges him, “Be light / upon yourself / be light / unto yourself.”

–Eleanor Berry, A former teacher of writing and literature at Willamette University, Marquette University, the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, she is 2014-2016 President of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies and a past president of the Oregon Poetry Association. Her poetry has appeared widely in journals and anthologies. Author of Works of Wildfire and three earlier poetry collections.

 

 

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THE TOSSING DREAM

by Jade Rosina McCutcheon

$15.99, paper

979-8-88838-227-1

2023

THE TOSSING DREAM is a collection of moments woven through times of upheaval on this planet. From covid, loss, war, famine, homelessness and unstable leaders, McCutcheon has created an album of captured reflections from gardens to politics, dog parks to philosophical walks using striking imagery, humor and insights the reader can visit again and again.

Australian born Jade Rosina McCutcheon holds a Doctor of Creative Arts from the University of Technology, Sydney and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She graduated from N.I.D.A. Sydney as a theatre director and has worked in theatre as a professional director and actor trainer for over thirty years. Her publications include books, Awakening the Performing Body, Embodied Consciousness Performance Technologies, Narrative in Performance, and chapters in edited, peer reviewed journals and books.  Her poetry has been published in Australian poetry journals such as SCARP, ‘Leaves’ and ‘Wiradjuri’ as well as in anthologies, Terra Incognita, (Bob Hill publishing 2019, Oregon), /pãn| dé| mïk/ 2020: An Anthology of Pandemic Poems, Beyond Words, and in The Silent World in her Vase.  Her poem ‘Fair Art’ won second place in the Kay Snow Awards 2019 and her chapbook ‘SMALL FEATHER’ was published by Finishing Line Press in October 2020. She is a member of the Salem Poetry Project, Artists in Action and the Mid Valley Poetry Society. Jade holds a Doctor of Creative Arts from the University of Technology, Sydney, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. Jade lives in Salem, Oregon with her partner and their Australian Labradoodle. Her website is: https://www.jaderosinamccutcheon.com/

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