Gnome’S Gnotebook

By Priscilla A. Fox

Gnomes Gnotebook is a work of contemporary poetry reflecting thirty years of observing life. Poetry is art and all poems included within Gnomes Gnotebook are literary paintings translating the visual natural world into mental images, which are then re-interpreted by each person in light of his or her own life experiences. By sharing and re-interpreting these experiences through the art of poetry, we come to understand the very uniqueness of who we are in the created world and hopefully, to appreciate the dignity of our common humanity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Nov 27, 2012
• ISBN: 9781449774783

Priscilla A. Fox

Priscilla A. Fox, MLS, MA, MA, has been a university and high school librarian and a middle and high school theology teacher for thirty-five years. She lives in Warwick, Rhode Island, and Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Priscilla loves to write, travel, bicycle, garden, and meander along the glorious beaches and trails of Cape Cod.

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Cover Design

The cover was designed by my niece Sara E. Twitty, graphic illustrator of Seattle, Washington. http://saratwittyart.blogspot.com/

ISBN: 978-1-4497-7476-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4497-7478-3 (e)

ISBN: 978-1-4497-7477-6 (hc)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012920970

WestBow Press rev. date: 11/15/2012

Contents

Preface

Reflections

Haiku

Ode to Cape Cod

Portraits

November

The Model Builder

Trilogy

Sensei

Song of Spring

Novice Mistress

Excuses, Excuses!

England’s Rose

Royalty

Meditations

Psalm of Praise

Mary

Mother of God

May Crowning

Totus Tuus

Grace

The Call

The Swimmer

Vows

Christmas Crèche

Gift Bearers

Easter Bouquet

Commentaries

World News in Review

Refugee

Walkman

Peter, Paul, Mary, and Joan

Millennium

Lies

Leviathan

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Ticktock

Observations

Cape Cod Impressions

The Little Cabin in the Woods

Ruminations

Rise ’n Shine

Silence

The Bird Feeder

Patio

Dewdrops

Tanglewood Morn

Autumn

September Sail

Nature’s Painter

Autumnal Palette

Breath of Autumn

Night Shadows

Transformation

Artist’s Palette

Sumi-e

Still Life

Moments

The Grand Lady

About the Author

Preface

This book is the culmination of writing poetry for more than thirty years. The title, Gnome’s Gnotebook, is derived from the journal my mother bought me in which to keep my poetry. It had a denim cover with little gnomes on the front. I filled the book with my poetry and rewrites.

Artists study the landscape before they begin their work. Based on what they see, they reinterpret images and then reproduce them as filtered through their unique visions and the medium utilized.