I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (967 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802853862 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 34 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children Fourteen poems convey a kaleidoscope of emotions and situations experienced by enslaved people in the United States before the Civil War. Intense pain, grief, hope, and faith accompanied the forced labor, family separations, spiritual celebrations, and dreams of freedom that so many lived through. Each poem captures these ideas with a quilt block structure of ten lines of ten syllables of unrhymed verse. To add another dimension to the quilt structure, each poem has a reference to. "Touching Quilt Artwork - powerful poems" according to KQuilter. It's too limiting to say this is a children's picture book. Michele Wood is outdone herself with each illustration that accompanies Cynthia Grady's poems and time period explanation. This book makes an outstanding adult gift for quilters given Wood's powerful and memorable artwork. She captures the spirit of quilting and its rhythm and of the late John Biggers. I especially enjoy the cover piece (Basket) of the quilter stitching a patchwork square as well as the matron quilting th. "A beautiful work" according to remembertobreathe. in so many ways. Wood's paintings are lovely and lively companions to Grady's evocative, lyrical, heartwarming and heart-rending poems. The supplemental material is educational without being didactic, the verses inspirational without a trace of the maudlin -- there are no false notes in this gorgeous and moving book.
Readers will find themselves poring over the many details in the art and connecting them with the verses.A powerful grouping of thought-provoking poems and brilliantly designed paintings. In the poems, each 10 lines with 10 syllables per line, the words and thoughts read seamlessly and build to heart-rending finales. They speak of daily lives made bearable by the words of a preacher, the joys of singing and the quiet rhythms of stitching. (author’s note, illustrator’s note, bibliography) (Poetry. 10 & up)Washington Parent: In this stunning collection of 14 poems, local author
I Lay My Stiches Down is her first published book. . Visit her website at cynthiagrady. Cynthia Grady is a poet and a librarian at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C
Drawn together through imagery drawn from quilting and fiber arts, each poem is spoken from a different perspective: a house slave, a mother losing her daughter to the auction block, a blacksmith, a slave fleeing on the Underground Railroad.This moving and eloquent set of poems, brought to life by vivid and colorful artwork from Michele Wood, offers a timeless witness to the hardship endured by America's slaves. This rich and intricate collection of poems chronicles the various experiences of American slaves. Each poem is supplemented by a historical note.