Transportation
text and haiku by Kristen Lindquist
painting by Eric Hopkins
Transportation is the name of my new book of poetry, my first, received this morning from the printer. And transported is how I feel to finally have a “real” book through which to share my poetry with people. The only shortfall of the book is its lack of haiku. This is the cover image, for which I am very grateful to Eric Hopkins:
Eric graciously let me choose the work I wanted for my cover. This piece, Waterways In The Bay, conveyed to me the pure joy of taking in the beauty of this landscape we inhabit, as well as the sense of motion, of flying above it all and gaining perspective–themes that I think recur in my poems, most of which are set in a similar landscape. This is one book I hope gets judged by its cover. But I hope the words hold their own, as well.
Twenty years of words,
flashy cover–at long last,
my very own book!
Comments
Beautiful writing and pictures….Congratulations!
Thank you, Marian!
Congrats! SO how does one find your book? What if we want to carry it in our store?
The book is available from me (Kristen) or currently at two Maine bookstores: Owl & Turtle in Camden and Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick. If you want to carry it in your store, please get in touch and let me know how many you’d like, etc.: kelindquist@gmail.com. The book retails for $12.95 and I sell it to stores for the usual bookstore rate. Thank you so much for your interest!
Heard the title poem on NPR today and it made my day to hear someone writing about the joy of transportation. I’m in Boston and wish I could find your book closer to home. Very nice choice of cover.
Thank you, Andrew. The closest place to you to get a copy of the book is Longfellow Books in Portland, ME. I appreciate your kind words! It was quite a thrill to hear my poem read by GK this morning!