Bøker av Aaron Chase Eddington

Building on his well-received book of poems A Willow Grows Aslant a Brook, Aaron Chase Eddington continues to explore the finely observed life in A Prairie Song. Written in the style of classic modern American verse, the poems in A Prairie Song celebrate a life well-lived-and the many forms that a well-lived life can take. ¿¿Representing some of Eddington's best work to date, the poems of A Prairie Song weave the endless mysteries of human existence with mundane wonder at the natural world with both sophistication and simplicity.Aaron Chase Eddington is a poet and writer. A Prairie Song is his second full-length collection of poetry. His first collection, A Willow Grows Aslant a Brook, appeared in 2020 from Bowen Press. In 2017, he published a chapbook titled A Birdwatcher's Guide to the American South. He received a Bachelor and Master of Arts in English from Midwestern State University, where he was named a Distinguished Alumnus in 2021. He lives in Texas.

"It's true: not all good things / harmonize, but sometimes, / sometimes / they do."Drawing its title from Gertrude’s description of Ophelia’s death in Hamlet, the original poems in Aaron Chase Eddington’s A Willow Grows Aslant a Brook focus on the beauty inherent in tragedy and offer a hopeful, redemptive view of loss and grief.Eddington’s poetry navigates trauma, beauty, and pain with a perspective of optimism, growth, and renewal. Focused on images, memories, and moments, A Willow Grows Aslant a Brook looks past abstractions in search of “something between / water and blood / soul and flesh.”AARON CHASE EDDINGTON is a writer and educator based in the Dallas area. Born and raised in east Texas, he is also the author of a chapbook titled A Birdwatcher’s Guide to the American South.