Poems from Angkor |
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| Author:
| Adrienne, Dawn |
| ISBN: | 978-0-692-36355-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2015 |
| Publisher: | Local Gems Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $12.95 |
Book Description:
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NaPoWriMo Contest Winner 2014.www.localgemspoetrypress.com Award winning poet, Dawn Adrienne, recounts her experience and travails within the land of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where she lived in 2013. Exploring the plight of children, poverty and oppression, her work nonetheless evokes a sense of exoticism and spirited optimism. From Angkor Wat to the slums of Kim Il Sung Blvd; from the glorious pagodas of Wat Ounalom to the horror of the Killing Fields; from the flood filled rice paddies...
More DescriptionNaPoWriMo Contest Winner 2014.www.localgemspoetrypress.com Award winning poet, Dawn Adrienne, recounts her experience and travails within the land of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where she lived in 2013. Exploring the plight of children, poverty and oppression, her work nonetheless evokes a sense of exoticism and spirited optimism. From Angkor Wat to the slums of Kim Il Sung Blvd; from the glorious pagodas of Wat Ounalom to the horror of the Killing Fields; from the flood filled rice paddies to the jungles of Kep, Dawn Adrienne's minimalist form conveys both the horror and beauty of Cambodia in succinct and powerful pulchritude.