Sonnets on the Common Man
Subtitle: New Hampshire Verse
Publisher: WordsworthGreenwich Press
Published: March 4, 2015
Place of publication: Greenwich, CT, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781505630121
Description: These sonnets sing about a love of the landscape of New Hampshire and the people who rejoice in common in its sense of place. 
At times, this earthly paradise is daunting, formidable and even threatening. Yet the skiing is divine. The mountains are sublime. The purity of the lakes is pristine. The small towns charm. The seacoast, though brief, connects to the vast Atlantic. 
This modest poetic book refreshes the sonnet itself with songs and beautiful full-color images of landscapes inspired by the land and people who love New Hampshire. 
"Elegant meditations." - Terry Richard Bazes, Novelist, Author of "Goldsmith's Return" 
"His poetry is meant to be read aloud, savored and reread." - Virginia Marciano 
"Lentz' sonnets exist in an existential, romantic world of sentience." - John H. Sibley, Author of "Being and Homelessness: Notes from an Underground Artist"
"Lentz succeeds in bringing out the emotions associated with these places and times, letting the reader drench in the beauty, the loneliness, the joy." - Leonard Seet, Novelist and Author of "The Spiritual Life" 
"Expressed so clearly, the tender feelings of his sonnets are eternal." - Krishna Bhatt, Novelist and Author of "The Royal Enigma"
"The use of a seven-beat line, which blends the beat of the classic ballad to the rhythms of the sonnet, is a nice innovation." - Christopher Bernard, Poet and Author of "In the American Night"
“The reason the book succeeds on such a high level is Lentz’s lyricism and his wry humor and his grounding in simple things. He sees the magic under the everyday. It all adds up to a love of the deep mystery of living, of nature, of Man, and an ability to limn it in verse as musical as birds or brooks. Lentz is a writer of rare acuity.” – Corey Mesler, Author of "Memphis Movie: A Novel"
"A delight to read. Lentz captures in verse many of my own experiences where I call home. The beauty and ever-changing world around us provides a new perspective. Many of these I read several times. Many lines should be read aloud, repeated or pause for effect. There are lines worth savoring written in a number of sonnet forms: Petrarchan or Italian... Occitan... Elizabethan and Spenserian... Miltonic, Shelley and Lentzian. Here is a celebration of nature and the common man, the lakes and towns, the streams and villages, the people." - Goodreads 
"This book honors the ordinary man and the beauty inherent in commonplace scenes and human emotions... 'Sonnets on the Common Man' is a fine collection teeming with intelligent thought expressed in wonderfully poetic language. I enjoyed reading it and recommend it highly." - Patricia Halloff, Author of "At Journey's End"
Table of contents: label: A COMMON SENSE OF PLACE
title: 17; label: COMMON GROUND
title: 20; label: THE TREE OF LIFE
title: 23; label: SKATING IN MOONLIGHT
title: 25; label: THE BARN
title: 27; label: WHITEFIELD BIRCHES
title: 29; label: RAKING LEAVES
title: 31; label: REED’S LIGHT
title: 33; label: SWIFT RIVER
title: 35; label: STONE WALL IN WINTER
title: 37; label: YOUNG MAN, OLD SOUL
title: 39; label: THE VIGILANT WOOD STOVE
title: 41; label: ALPENGLOW
title: 43; label: THE RESONANCE OF HONEYED SUMMER
title: 45; label: WINDOWPANES
title: 47; label: DRIVING SOUTH IN ADVANCE OF SPRING
title: 49; label: EVER  NEWFOUND
title: 51; label: CHORES
title: 53; label: THE SEASONS
title: 54; label: APPLE PICKING TIME
title: 57; label: ICE FISHING ON CHOCORUA LAKE
title: 59; label: KANCAMAGUS IN THE FALL
title: 61; label: SNOWBOUND
title: 63; label: LIVING IN THE STICKS
title: 64; label: IN THE GARDEN
title: 67; label: A DISARMING WALK INTO WILDERNESS
title: 69; label: BEHOLD, A RAGGED MAN
title: 71; label: THE OLD HOMESTEAD
title: 73; label: SKI POSTERS
title: 75; label: VILLAGES
title: 76; label: TRUE NORTH
title: 79; label: SELF-RELIANCE
title: 81; label: POND HOCKEY ON MIRROR LAKE
title: 83; label: BLACK FLY SEASON
title: 85; label: NEW LONDON
title: 87; label: SUDDEN STORM
title: 89; label: PUZZLES
title: 91; label: ELIZABETH ON HER WEDDING DAY
title: 93; label: IRISES BY THE BARN
title: 95; label: FRANCONIA
title: 97; label: JANUARY COLD
title: 99; label: NORTHERN ENLIGHTENMENT
title: 100; label: THE COMMON MAN
title: 103; label: CRAWFORD NOTCH
title: 105; label: FISHING WITH MY FATHER
title: 107; label: THE MOUNT WASHINGTON HOTEL
title: 109; label: LAKES AND BAYS
title: 110; label: LOON PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
title: 113; label: PASQUANEY
title: 115; label: ECHO LAKE AND ARTIST’S BLUFF
title: 117; label: GREAT BAY
title: 119; label: WHITE MOUNTAINS
title: 120; label: OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN
title: 123; label: TUCKERMAN’S RAVINE
title: 125; label: SKI CANNON
title: 127; label: SCRAP BOOK OF THE SOUL
title: 129; label: ABOUT THE SONNETEER
title: 130