Superior Life Poetry

To jump in chilly waters, just do a few squats

A blog to encourage....
the hearty to  grab a paddle, the awake to look for the moon
over Superior, and the harried to listen to silence...
or, really, just a few updates on The Superior Life, a little book of poems with sketches of some amazing northern places, dear to many hearts.

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First Post!

4/18/2012

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On September 15, 2011 Micawber's Books in Saint Anthony Park, Minnesota, hosted a reading to launch The Superior Life, my book of poems and drawings.  Below is my introduction to that reading, and it gives a good idea of what this book is about, I think:
To me poems are stories told from different places in the body….sometimes from the eyes or mouth, sometimes from the brain or the heart—but even the feet tell the story--or some cranny between vertebra or cells.  Anyway, these are my stories, And my hope is that they can somehow be something of yours if one happens to tweak a memory or a thought or a wish—or your own song or poem or story.

I am grateful for your presence, whether you love poems or the northern wilds and lakes.

I dedicated this book to Gabriel, Britta and Laura, my children, with whom I rediscovered the stillness and riveting joy to be found "up north" in the BWCA Wilderness or meandering along the beaches and cliffs of Lake Superior.  And I dedicate this reading to my father, Curt Larson, who taught me to fold a tent, paddle a canoe, and get there, no matter what.

These poems are here, though, thanks to Julia Jenson, Meghan Maloney-Vinz, Kate Shuknecht and Meg Masterson—these amazing women make up Broadcraft Press.   I am grateful they chose to publish The Superior Life.

Fires are burning in the BWCA and my trip tomorrow is being re-routed.  Tonight all our thoughts are there with the animals, trees and people who live there and love the place.  So I’ll start with a poem about forest regeneration….

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Suzy Whitten link
5/12/2012 07:12:35 am

Congratulations, Jean on your book of poems and drawings!! What marvelous talents to possess and combine in book form. I can't wait to read it. My husband and I finished a three year Minnesota Parks Wildlife Safari Geocaching series last year. We hiked and geocached in 72 of the Minnesota State Parks and, not being an outdoors type, it truly was a challenge and a wonderful growth experience for me. I can't even imagine some of the wildlife and beauty you've seen up North. I'm looking forward to reading your book !! Suzy (Saylor) Whitten

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