Peculiar Honors
Peculiar Honors by Sharon Cumberland is a collection of poems published by Black Heron Press in November 2011. This first edition, comprising 100 pages, explores the theme of perception and reality, revealing how ordinary objects and experiences can surprise us with deeper meanings through the lens of poetry.
Readers will find that the poems in this collection address both significant life events and everyday occurrences, transforming them into reflections on the unexpected. Organized around quotes from Isaac Watts, the work delves into topics such as inspiration and the complexities of life, presenting a unique perspective on how poetry can illuminate the peculiar honors hidden within our experiences. Each poem serves as a portal, inviting readers to reconsider what they think they know about the world around them.
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Peculiar Honors is a collection of poems about how things appear to be one way, then surprise us by being something else. There is an alternative reality that becomes visible only through the lens of poetry. What seems to be an egg, or a crossing signal, or a child sitting in a shopping cart turns out to be a portal into the unexpected. These poems are about things that seem dire or misconceived-a nephew’s death, a detour into the wrong profession-but which are redeemed through reconstruction in poetry. Organized around quotes from Isaac Watts, the poems tackle big questions and small oddities with equal force, starting with Watts’ prayer to Let every creature rise and bring/peculiar honors to our King. Each poem is a peculiar honor – a look through the ordinary to those strange, difficult, and triumphant things that poetry reveals.
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