Forgotten Futures - a memoir

Bonnie Thurston's Forgotten Futures: a memoir is a tender heart's cry and a passionate celebration in one. There is deep poignancy and longing here, but not a mawkish or maudlin word. We travel in two landscapes - the world inhabited with wonder for each small detail, and the internal world of half a couple, observing both the relationship's moments of grace, joy and intimacy and those of wounding, longing and loss. In supple, accessible language, honed to beauty, these poems resonate with a sense of the sacredness of small things and the transforming power of memory.

'When Love Is Passed'

When love is passed to you
on a bone china plate
like Petits Fours on a doily,
accept with gratitude.

Life holds enough
awful, heavy crockery,
and we have all eaten
more than our share of sand.

About the author

Bonnie B. Thurston, PhD, lives in West Virginia in solitude. She is ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the author of several books, including Philippians in the Sacra Pagina series and Religious Vows, the Sermon on the Mount, and Christian Living (Liturgical Press), and Preaching Mark (Fortress Press).

Summary

A tender yet passionate commentary on loss and grief.

Product details

• Authors: Bonnie Thurston
• Publisher: Cinnamon Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781788641319
• ISBN: 978-1-78864-131-9
• No. of pages: 36
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 62 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies