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About this Book:

Suzanne Bruce, poet, and Janet Manalo, artist, have collaborated to create this book, honoring the ancient form of ekphrasis. Their innovative approach to poetry inspired by art has been beautifully captured in this book. The powerful variety of poetry matches the intriguing variety of artwork. It is quite evident that the poet and artist have taken the verbal and visual forms of expression to a new level. Two individual voices combine to make this marvelous duet.

About the Author:

Suzanne Bruce utilizes various forms of poetry from metered and free-verse to more traditional forms such as sapphic, sestina, sonnet and rondeau. She likes writing poetry that will elicit individual responses or reactions by providing a setting or feeling where the reader can then take their own interpretive journey. Janet Manalo expresses her artistry through various mediums, some of which are acrylics, watercolor, collage, assemblage, textiles, photography and computer graphics. She manipulates canvas and other surfaces to create richly dimensional works of art. She enjoys the evolution of creativity that comes from experimentation.

Book Review:

"Enter into this wild garden of a book through the gate left open. Meander along the paths of creative birth and blossoming as these two artists, painter and poet, explore and personalize the time-honored tradition of ekphrastic art. Pick it up often to share in their eclectic expressions of joy, intellect and openness to life." Aleta George, columnist for Bay Nature magazine. "This is poetry and art which springs out of an uncommon vision of nature. There is an energy that informs in these poems and paintings; a questioning and discovery, about what is observable and what persists. With clarity and craftsmanship, the artist and the poet lead the reader to see and understand the beauty they find in the world." George Stratton, Instructor, Napa Valley Community College, CA

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