Elizabeth Martina Bishop

Enough Bird Song to Go Around Elizabeth Martina Bishop

Enough Bird Song to Go Around by poet Elizabeth (Martina) Bishop details some of the meanings behind the individual poems in this new collection. Certain of the thoughts that go into poetic creative output often result in subsequent evocations leading to the birthing of new and original poems. If you do not like poetry because you must decode the literal meaning behind every word, you may enjoy this book as the annotated explanations may shed further light on the mystery of poetry. Elizabeth did not attempt to translate each poem in a line by line analysis, but rather she wishes to supply some personal details that might illuminate some of the context that led to the writing and craft behind these verses. She compares the process of writing to finding the pearl in an oyster shell. It is her hope that the explanatory annotations for each poem bring about a clarity and a new sense of vulnerability in compassionate awareness. In that way, each individual reader can try to probe the horizon while trying to provide for life's unanswerable questions.