In Silhouette

By William Flewelling

The poems In W. C. Flewelling's fifth collection, IN SILHOUETTE, present the acute observation of people and nature whose meanings lie beneath the quiet surface of domestic life, meanings only a poet's sure hand can uncover. John Mann, Poet and friend

I enjoyed the collection, though I might be tempted to call it "The Dog man, The Poet and The Preacher"! "Assignation of Delight" is one of my absolute favorites. I'm glad it's here. (Also love "The Old Goat's Name" -- with its endearing revelation of "Bill"! -- and "Unfolding of the Night" - what a gorgeous spare poem that is!) I enjoy the animal and nature poems as ever. In the aggregate, they capture your sense and sound appealingly. The poems that touch grief, illness & dying are especially effective. As are your poems about children. Interestingly, I find the final poems -- say from the mid-90s to the end -- some of the clearest, sharpest and most gratifying of the bunch. Each one pops. It's almost as if the book increases momentum as it nears its end. Guy Kettelhack, poet and friend

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Mar 12, 2013
• ISBN: 9781481724982

William Flewelling

I am a retired minister from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) living in central Illinois. Led by a request from Mildred Corwin of Manua OH when I arrived there in 1976, I long developed and led a series of bible studies there and in LaPorte IN and New Martinsville WV. These studies proved to be very feeding to me in my pastoral work and won a certain degree of following in my congregations. My first study was on 1 Peter, chosen because I knew almost nothing about the book. I now live quietly in retirement with my wife of 54 years, a pair of dogs and several cats.

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Published by AuthorHouse 03/07/2013

ISBN: 978-1-4817-2499-9 (sc)

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Contents

1.   Striking The Eyes

2.   Slow Recognition

3.   A Jaunty Gaze

4.   Is It ‘What Is This?’?

5.   The Rural Voting Station

6.   The Noble Stag

7.   With Interests For Overhearing

8.   Turkeys Three

9.   A Moonless Night: On The Back Deck

10.   Of Recollections of a Testament

11.   As Pleasure Sounds

12.   The Gentle, Silent Drama

13.   An Oversized Allusion

14.   Then Loneliness

15.   A Little Devilish

16.   As Strong Arms Strain

17.   Inquisitive Sparrow

18.   Mid Afternoon And Growing Slow

19.   The People Like The Skeletons

20.   Her Own Liturgy Overlays

21.   In The Country Now

22.   Blithe Approval

23.   Benignly Satisfactory

24.   Assignation of Delight

25.   As If A Magic Haze Appeared

26.   These Poems That I See

27.   As Here And Not

28.   First Chord Is Heard

29.   Attention Gatherers

30.   At The Moment Of Ellipsis

31.   Routine Of Cleaning Up

32.   Business Casual

33.   Appropriate

34.   Posed In A Pause

35.   Magnetic Attraction

36.   Better Than A Scowl!

37.   The Philippine Storm

38.   An Unexpected Recognition

39.   The Pillar Passed For View

40.   The Two Of Us, At Last

41.   Seen Out Of Place

42.   She Is Distressed

43.   So Known Tonight

44.   Sun Splashed Party

45.   Hints And Guesses

46.   Sitting By

47.   Contrary To Assumptions

48.   Within The Fold

49.   Mulled

50.   As Dance Spins Light

51.   All She Wants, Really

52.   One Singular Laugh

53.   Urgency, It Seems

54.   Out Mowing

55.   Blithe Greeting Graces

56.   On The Porch

57.   Thinking Of Presence

58.   Blithe Presence Certifies

59.   Come Home Again: WCH

60.   The Old Goat’s Name

61.   With Needle In Hand

62.   If Only… But Not Really

63.   Brief Visit

64.   Rings Ready Hung

65.   While Dying

66.   To My Missing Muse

67.   Seen Fleetingly

68.   Unfolding Of The Night

69.   Weeding

70.   An Almost Chance Reminder

71.   The Distant Phone

72.   Without A Glitch

73.   Shower

74.   Glance To Gaze

75.   The Game

76.   Confirmation of Expectation

77.   Closed For Thanksgiving

78.   Finally Unsubstituted

79.   Talking All Alone

80.   As Expression Plays

81.   Without Amenities Of Place

82.   She Must Be Five Or Six

83.   And Finally The Eyes

84.   In An Hour Of Troubled Decline

85.   The Reign Of Rising Rouge

86.   An Ornament To Show

87.   In The Middle

88.   At The Corner, Early On

89.   Victoria’s Adventure

90.   Evening Adjustment

91.   A Noted Flair