Sonnets from New England
Subtitle: Love Songs
Publisher: WordsworthGreenwich Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Greenwich, CT, USA
Format: Papaerback
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781469909950
Description: The origin of the sonnet means "little song." These sonnets are about deep abiding love grounded within the quietly charming landscape of the villages, mountains, coastline and lakes of New England. What power connects us more as human beings than love? The love songs of "Sonnets from New England" were written to connect lovers to their heart's content. These little songs and rich, color photos inspire the hearts and souls of those who dare to embrace life's epic quest for enduring, authentic love.

"Beneath this feast of vivid impressions and fine details, 'Sonnets from New England' tacitly acknowledges the enigma and evanescence of life. One hears in these sonnets the sensibility of a contemporary avatar of Wallace Stevens. These love songs are not about longing but satisfaction, a significant thematic departure from the early sonnets. Instead of an open-ended worship of an ideal woman objectified from afar, 'Sonnets from New England' describe the spiritual and sensual fulfillment of a sustaining relationship. The sonnet form — concise, strictly metered and tightly organized — provides a taut springboard to Lentz’s frequent whimsical associations. However, it is when Lentz describes nature that his lines relax the most, and these tautly structured sonnets expand, as if imbibing the pristine air of the pastoral New England environs the poet describes. Ultimately, 'Sonnets from New England' is a stimulating, reflective visit to a poet’s mind. We turn the pages of a life fully embraced, deeply felt, and eloquently expressed. These sonnets speak in vibrant images and eloquent phrases. Poetry has its itinerary. The personal is the surest route to the universal; we explore another soul, and discover our own. By recreating pivotal moments in his life and articulating values that sustain him, David Lentz helps us find true north in ourselves. This is the most important connection art can make." -- Eric Sonnenschein, Novelist
"Beautiful, delightful, meaningful and more importantly bare truth expressed in writing with style." -- Goodreads
Table of contents: title: SONNET						        PAGE; title: FORWARD						        15; title: AN AUSPICIOUS BEGINNING				19; title: I LOVED YOU BEFORE I EVER KNEW YOU		21; title: HOW WAS I TO KNOW?					23; title: I HAVE FAITH IN YOU					25; title: WHEN LIFE IS COLD, YOU ARE WARM 		27; title: THE KISSING BRIDGE					29; title: HOME 							        31; title: FAMILY PORTRAIT 					        33; title: WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES 			35; title: MOTHER AND DAUGHTER				37; title: LOVE IS HUMBLE						39; title: TO WIT							        41; title: WHAT SHE WANTS TO HEAR				43; title: YOUR AURA						        45; title: REMEMBRANCE OF LOST TIME 			47; title: FOUR SEASONS						48; title: YOU BLOOM IN SPRING 					51; title: THE SOUND OF SUMMER					53; title: EVERGREEN IN AUTUMN					55; title: RIDING OUT A WHITEOUT				57; title: TRAVELS						        58; title: IRELAND							61; title: NEW ORLEANS						63; title: MATTERHORN						65; title: KEY WEST 						        67; title: SONNET TO MY SON					69; title: GREENWICH						        70; title: GREENWICH POINT					73; title: OH, MY DOG						        75; title: DAY LILIES						        77; title: GINGER MAN						        79; title: ISLAND BEACH FERRY					81; title: EVERY TEMPEST MUST PASS 				83; title: THE BRIDGE AT THE POINT				85; title: YOUR INFALLIBLE TASTE				87; title: SOUND TRAVELS						89; title: MANHATTAN						        90; title: EMPIRE STATE						93; title: RHAPSODY IN BLUE					95; title: GENIUS UNDERGROUND					97; title: BIRDLAND						        99; title: NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND				100; title: VIEW FROM A FARM 					103; title: CRAWFORD NOTCH FOXES				105; title: THE LUPINE FEST						107; title: LILACS							        109; title: NORTHERN LAKES					        110; title: MOOSEHEAD						        113; title: NEWFOUND						        115; title: MAINE							        116; title: WINTER HARBOR					 	119; title: WHITE MOUNTAINS					120; title: CANNON						        123; title: COG RAILWAY						125; title: SKIING IS LIKE LOVE					127; title: PICTURES FROM THE GALLERY OF THE SOUL	129; title: ABOUT THE SONNETEER				130