Paradise Found Poems
Paradise Found Poems by Lorraine A Vail, published by iUniverse in May 2007, is a collection of 104 pages of poetry that explores the concept of paradise both within and around us. The poems guide readers through various landscapes, revealing the beauty found in everyday moments and the connections between our inner selves and the external world. Vail’s accessible and finely-crafted lyrics reflect her mastery as a poet, inviting contemplation of the boundaries that shape our experiences.
In this edition, readers will encounter a series of quietly triumphant poems that navigate themes of relationships and the significance of appreciating the ordinary. Vail’s work emphasizes the importance of awareness and gratitude, suggesting that paradise can be discovered through mindfulness. The collection addresses the interplay between personal and universal experiences, encouraging readers to engage with both their internal landscapes and the realities of the world around them.
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The quietly triumphant poems in Lorraine Vail’s Paradise Found take the reader from island to island, Eden to Eden, disclosing the paradises both within us and without us, both immediate and distant. These sharp, finely-wrought, and accessible lyrics are performed by a poet in full command of her considerable talents. Guiding us to these necessary boundaries, between our interior selves and the world outside of us, between land and water, between wife and husband, between mother and daughter, Vail shows us the gifts that are available to us all-if only we pay attention, if only we praise the everyday and the ordinary before us.
“The marvel of this book is that Vail does not ignore in her meditations the relief against which they rest: war and poverty are all too close. Thus, Vail’s poetry affirms this absolute necessity of making ourselves open to the world: if we have any hope of finding paradise, she wisely reminds us, we must learn to find ourselves first.”
James Brock
author of Pictures That Got Small
“Lorraine Vail is one of the most elegant and eloquent poets writing today. With compassion and shrewd, insightful observations, she unwraps each of our everyday worlds. As if that wasn’t enough, she is also a metric master, turning out villanelles and sestinas at will.”
Sidney B. Simon, Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Author of Values Clarification, Getting Unstuck and Negative Criticism
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