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    Paris Spoken Here
    Paris Spoken Here
    Paris Spoken Here
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    Paris Spoken Here

    By Christine Candland

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    In “Princess,” we follow the life of a young teacher with baby in tow; ”She strolls in the moonlight, ethereal, misty, a vision. No, she walks with deliberation, carries baby in one arm holds onto toddler with the other..”
    In “The Cusp of Venice,” “(A) full moon building as water in the grand canal rose higher each day as Poseidon himself lapped up the steps of the Piazza.” In “Cleopatra’s Remorse,” a choice must be made between her love and loyalty to Egypt. “Does her heart truly ache for Anthony or has it become caustic and soundproof.”
    There is dramatic dialogue between Persephone and Zeus in “The Plea,” “ Father Zeus, do not cast me down to the dank land of stealth, to moldy things..”; and in the title poem “Paris Spoken Here”, “When the rain came down hard, you hustled us off to a warm brasserie to purchase a café crème..”
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateFeb 8, 2023
    ISBN9781663250063
    Paris Spoken Here
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    Christine Candland

    Christine Candland lives in Los Angeles with her husband Michael. Her first two books Topaz Woman and Pleiades Rising, received awards in the London Book Festival and Eric Hoffer competitions. Her first collection of poems When Snow Walks In, describes the extraordinary amidst everyday scenes in understandable prose and sparkling details (U.S. Review of Books); And in her second collection, Paris Spoken Here, Candland’s poems sing with keen awareness of the gift of the ordinary (Elline Lipkin). Several of her poems have appeared in the California Quarterly and Altadena Poetry Review.

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      Paris Spoken Here - Christine Candland

      Copyright © 2023 Christine Candland.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means,

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      except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models,

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      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      Book Designed and Edited by Michael N. Candland

      ISBN: 978-1-6632-5005-6 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-6632-5007-0 (hc)

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      Library of Congress Control Number: 2023901347

      iUniverse rev. date: 02/07/2023

      Also By Christine Candland

      Topaz Woman

      Pleiades Rising

      When Snow Walks In, Poems By

      To my husband Michael, with love

      Contents

      ONE

      Snow in Summer

      When You Woo Me

      Princess

      Pause for Angels

      A Spark of Divinity

      Marguerite

      To Aunt Hannah, Who Took Care of Everyone

      Fruitcake and Coffee

      Mayonnaise Sandwiches

      The ‘64 Cadillac

      Insomnia’s Voice

      Lost and Found

      The Weather Vane

      The Plea

      TWO

      When Susanne Traveled Across Country

      Coltrane and Ozzie

      Michael with the Beautiful Shoulders

      Paris Spoken Here

      Homer’s Girl

      Pierre’s Atelier

      The Cusp of Venice

      Harriet’s Garden

      Cora’s Recollection

      Suspended Animation

      Bingo up the Street

      Coordinated or Just Pretty

      The Top Shelf

      Persephone Meets Odysseus

      THREE

      Brown Rabbit

      Becky’s Baton

      Refracted Light

      Standing in the Rain

      The Children’s Garden

      Jenny’s Ghost

      Red Suede Heels

      Cleopatra’s Remorse

      Dorothy at the Algonquin

      My Only Pet

      Cutting Corners

      Penelope and Max

      For Now

      Story Talk

      Acknowledgements

      About the Author

      ONE

      Snow in Summer

      From a distance it looks like snow in the mountains

      and up close, like fallen flakes between rocks and hiding

      places.

      A blue-green stem with translucent petals. Gardens in the

      neighborhood can be startling; if I didn’t take this walk,

      look at what I’d be missing.

      Don’t know if there is a giraffe rose or a zebra daffodil.

      It must have to be a newly divined flower or an accidental

      one to receive such a grand name.

      Was Snow in Summer called after a person or a persona,

      like American Beauty. Maybe an everyday flower can

      be renamed to freshen it up.

      Where was Snow in Summer first found? On a hillside or

      by a stream. By itself or clustered with others. Most likely

      among the larkspur or marigold; or near its cousin,

      the carnation.

      Studying the ground, there’s a patch of dichondra.

      Was it planted here or carried by the wind?

      Each one has its story. I listen closely. They will tell me

      how they got to this

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