Crystal Fire. Poems of Joy & Wisdom (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
Edited by Maja Trochimczyk, and illustrated with paintings by Ambika Talwar, the "Crystal Fire" anthology gathers poems of joy and wisdom by 12 poets, 8 women and 4 men: Elzbieta Czajkowska, Joe DeCenzo, Mary Elliott, Jeff Graham, Marlene Hitt, Frederick...
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Edited by Maja Trochimczyk, and illustrated with paintings by Ambika Talwar, the "Crystal Fire" anthology gathers poems of joy and wisdom by 12 poets, 8 women and 4 men: Elzbieta Czajkowska, Joe DeCenzo, Mary Elliott, Jeff Graham, Marlene Hitt, Frederick Livingston, Alice Pero, Allegra Silberstein, Jane Stuart, Ambika Talwar, Bory Thach, and Maja Trochimczyk. The poets span all ages and diverse life experiences. They include émigrés from Poland, Cambodia, and India, and those born in the U.S. College professors join community poets. Native speakers appear alongside those for whom English is the second, or even the third language. The "joy and wisdom" they write about are also different, as each poet follows their own path and gathers unique reflections to share with their readers.The phrase of "Crystal Fire" may be seen as the symbol of all humanity, with each person born from the union of man and woman, the male and female DNA strands interlocking in ever new patterns to create human beings. In this phrase, "Crystal" stands for the feminine and "Fire" for the masculine. "Crystal" is peaceful, somewhat static, but well-constructed, stable, and growing slowly into perfection. It is the cosmos of order and being. Remember, only women give birth (though some want to construct artificial wombs and detach humanity from its roots). In contrast, "Fire" is dynamic, sometimes intensely dramatic, always changing, always transforming, constantly in the state of flux. It is the energy of change and growth. It is also destructive, demolishing solid structures of the past to make room for the new. "Fire" means destruction and becoming. It is pure chaos. The Universe arises from the dance of these twin forces, like yin and yang, but neither is pure darkness, negative and "evil" and neither is pure light, positive, and "good." Instead, they are the ageless vortex of cosmic unity and chaos, of creation and destruction. There is no value assigned to this polarity, for such labels are limiting and deceptive. Both aspects are essential, each cannot exist without its twin. Both are good AND evil, both are positive AND negative. "Good and positive" when coupled with the other. "Evil and negative" when alone. These are the polar opposites of stagnation and decline-or constant movement and the total destruction of all life. The feminine elements of "earth" and "water" endlessly dance with the masculine elements of "air" and "fire."
Autoren-Porträt
Maja Trochimczyk is a poet, music historian, photographer and non-profit director born in Poland, educated in Canada (Ph.D., McGill University), and living in California (www.trochimczyk.net). She published seven books of music studies (After Chopin: Essays in Polish Music (2000); The Music of Louis Andriessen (2002); Polish Dance in California (2007); A Romantic Century in Polish Music (2009); Gorecki in Context: Essays on Music (2017); Lutoslawski: Music and Legacy (2014), Frederic Chopin: A Research and Information Guide (2016) as well as six books of poetry: Rose Always - A Love Story (rev. 2020), Miriam's Iris (2008), Slicing the Bread (2014), The Rainy Bread (2016, 2nd ed. 2021), Into Light (2016), and Bright Skies (2022). She also edited four anthologies: Chopin with Cherries (2010); Meditations on Divine Names (2012), Grateful Conversations (2018) and We Are Here: Village Poets Anthology (2020). Her poetry and photography appear in California Quarterly, The Houston Literary Review, Ekphrasis Journal, The Epiphany Magazine, Loch Raven Review, Magnapoets, Quill and Parchment, Poezja Dzisiaj, Phantom Seed, Spectrum, poeticdiversity, and other journals and anthologies. An author of hundreds of peer-reviewed and popular articles and essays on music and culture, she taught music history at USC and McGill University and is currently serving as President of the California State Poetry Society, and program chair of Village Poets of Sunland-Tujunga.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2022, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Maja Trochimczyk
- Verlag: Moonrise Press
- ISBN-10: 1945938595
- ISBN-13: 9781945938597
- Erscheinungsdatum: 04.09.2022
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