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    New-Found Land: Poems of Discovery and Diversion
    New-Found Land: Poems of Discovery and Diversion
    New-Found Land: Poems of Discovery and Diversion
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    New-Found Land: Poems of Discovery and Diversion

    By Raymond H. Haan

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    If poetry has a soul, it might be metaphor, since metaphor transforms and enlivens even our most common objects and experiences. In this latest poetic excursion by Raymond Haan, you will find many common objects, among them garbage cans, a mole, a dune ride, Oliver the dog, a door and hinge, a needle, a raspberry, and a trapped raccoon. For the author, each of these bits of common terrain transforms into a new-found land, a fresh and less tangible territory that invites a bit of exploration and offers some joy of discovery.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherResource Publications
    Release dateJul 7, 2023
    ISBN9781666774665
    New-Found Land: Poems of Discovery and Diversion
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    Raymond H. Haan

    Raymond H. Haan attended Calvin College and the University of Michigan. He happily survived thirty-nine years as a teacher of English, simultaneously pursuing his passion for church music by serving as organist and director of music and by publishing much choral, organ, and instrumental music for worship. Since retiring from teaching and active music-making, he has written a light-hearted book of serious grammar instruction, has produced miscellaneous prose, and has written a good helping of poetry, including Singing the Gamut, Word Songs and Whimsies, Alphabetical Frolic, and The Unfathomable Theology of Fishing, published by Wipf and Stock. He lives in Cutlerville, Michigan, within a few miles of his four children and a goodly quiverfull of grandchildren.

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      New-Found Land - Raymond H. Haan

      New-Found Land

      Poems of Discovery and Diversion

      Raymond H. Haan

      New-Found Land

      Poems of Discovery and Diversion

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      Raymond H. Haan. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and Stock Publishers,

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      06/09/23

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Acknowledgment

      Introduction

      Impediment

      Domestic Street People

      Dejection

      Psychological Observation

      Invasive Vine

      Platonic Therapy

      Seed

      Arne

      Pearl

      Inspiration

      Wholeness

      Heart Attacks

      Compatibility

      Tea Triplet

      Proximity

      Connubiality

      A Metaphor

      Hooked on Fishing

      Sundown

      Good Friday

      Essentials

      Tender?

      Tourist’s View of Iowa

      Out of Orbit

      Perspective

      Kindness

      Enigmatic Ending for a Brilliant Psychological Novel

      Oliver the Dog

      Heartifacts

      Birthday Cake

      Lesson I

      Lesson II

      Love’s Blanket

      Fount of Vexation

      Dune Ride

      Door and Hinge

      Voyage

      Celebration

      Phone Lines

      Beauty

      Needle

      Raspberry

      Day of Rest

      Friendship

      Pencil and Paper

      Popularity

      Trapped

      Lyric

      Wrinkle-Free

      An Invitation

      Firmly Flabaceous

      Antagonists

      Disabled

      Melted

      Messenger

      Gold in Frost Time

      This little volume is lovingly dedicated to my sons, Raymond Haan and Phillip Haan,

      and to my daughters, Julie Bennett and Mandy Lohman,

      whose collective enthusiasm for poetry is well under control.

      Acknowledgment

      I must happily acknowledge the indispensable assistance of Kathleen Herrema in preparing yet another volume for publication. When Moses came down from Sinai,

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