Of Coffee and Connections
Liczba stron: 272
Wydanie: 2024 r.
Język: angielski
Dostępność: aktualnie niedostępny
<p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">LARGE PRINT EDITION</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Carla Coles's first three books - Zarf, Wont, and Pore - have been out of print for too long.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Now, finally, they have been collected in this new edition to be experienced by readers again.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">"Words are the waveforms of our beating hearts,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">silent until captured on pages by skilled poets like</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Coles. Expect to find yourself in these pages."</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">~ Dayna Manning, Singer-Songwriter</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">ZARF</strong><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">: an oddly specific collection of poems for a tiny niche audience. A zarf (plural: </span><em style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">zarfs, zuruuf, zarves</em><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">) is a holder, usually of ornamental metal, for a coffee cup without a handle... Also, the cardboard ones you wrap around your Americano-to-go because we don't want you to burn your fingers . . .</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">WONT</strong><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">: Another oddly specific collection of poems for a tiny niche audience. Café poetry, people watching and drinking coffee. Wont: Pronounced \wänt\ adjective Meaning: habit or ritual; customary behaviour in a given situation. From the middle English </span><em style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">wonen</em><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">, which meant to dwell . . .</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">PORE</strong><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">: One last oddly specific collection of poems for a tiny niche audience. Pore: pronounced \pór\ verb Meaning: to be absorbed in the reading or study of. From the Middle English </span><em style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">pouren</em><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">, to ponder. The last of the "Café" book series</span></p>