Shaker Lane Poems Beneath My Feet edition by Robert Nicholas Literature Fiction eBooks
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My rural boyhood home along Shaker Lane in western Massachusetts was an old converted mill that once belonged to the nearby Shaker religious community. In my mid sixties, warm memories of those simpler days led me to create this fantasy poetic tale of a young boy exploring the world around him and discovering ... life.
Shaker Lane Poems Beneath My Feet edition by Robert Nicholas Literature Fiction eBooks
Life on Shaker Lane is of a time that has past us. It reminds of of Tom Sawyer's adventures. It is also an introduction to poetry.Well done.
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Shaker Lane Poems Beneath My Feet edition by Robert Nicholas Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Bob has a knack for bringing you back in time to the days when a child was priviliged to lead a simple, worry-free life. His recollection and attention to details is superior to that of most people. His poems flow and are easy to follow. Having lived in this same era and also the same lifestyle, I thoroughly enjoyed his book of poems. My husband, who isn't much of a reader, couldn't put it aside once he started reading. Good job, Bob! We'll be looking forward to your next endeavor.
As always, the star count should only be a part of your decision. This collection of poems reminds me slightly of C.S.Lewis' That Hideous Strength the work is, in effect, a myth crafted for adults, and it has hidden within its unique world view its own moral implications. It is also in effect a novel a story covering someone's life. It is told almost entirely in verse, but it adds up to a life history.
In the introduction, the stage is set and you will be hooked. The boy, the pebble, and the lane interact. The writing is deceptively simple and straightforward, appearing to be hardly literary at all. Yet you will keep reading. The author promises no pretentious vocabulary, and is good to his word. The only thing I had to look up was "duck and cover." I guess we didn't call it that in Canada, eh? As a fan of the small, powerful, ambiguous word, I approve of this approach, although it may not be the favourite of everyone.
The book contains individual poems, but overall your mind synthesizes the pieces, which occur in chronological order. There are some innocent and sparkling lines, as in Firefly Lanterns `The world's a better place / when fireflies are free.' There is the simplicity of childhood, in "Howdy Doody". "The Clubhouse" got to me, perhaps because I made a fort or two in Moore's Bush as a child. Adding the other children is a nice touch (I was a loner) and made me feel that I had really missed something. You will not come away from this book unmoved. In "Cowboys and Indians" we are led through child's play, but the lane intervenes occasionally to weigh in with some hard facts of life for a seven-year-old after lunch. The repeated line, "I understand" comes back with surprising weight. This is disarming simplicity at its best. In "Christmas Day Revisited" you will be punched in the gut with the simple line, "thanks for the socks and underwear." "Baseball" a favourite here, uses the lane and a game to explore the tragedy that ends every life. "Hide-n-Seek" invokes echoes of everyone's childhood. You may laugh at the end; we've all been that child. "Woman from the Green House" is another favourite, and furthers the overall plot. "The Marlboro Man" is not what you think, a personal episode of tobogganing with a hidden message. "Picnic in Winter Woods" seems so simple, but you may, as I did, go back to repeat this experience.
In "New Bicycle," one of my favourites, you will face the fundamental question of life and death through the eyes of a boy perhaps twelve years old. If you ever rode a Sturmey-Archer bicycle, you will relive this as part of the journey toward adulthood. This comes to a climax in "Walkin' Shaker Lane Blues."
If there must be tiny quibbles, they are few. The rhyme is not always consistent, and occasionally the rhythm is a trace rough. If you are looking for epic similes and deep metaphors, you could be disappointed; but for me, the overall concept of the lane, the boy, the implied sequence of boys, made this a touching volume to read.
In "Return to Shaker Lane" and "Snow Angel Revisited" we are coming to closure. This happens in the final two poems, "Shaker Lane," and "The Pebble - Rediscovered."
Why four stars? I rate a work as I think most of its readers will appreciate it. Five stars is very rarely awarded in an `official' KBR review. While your pleasure may vary, I think many readers will find Shaker Lane both accessible and touching, and for those of you so touched, four stars is a fair measure of this rewarding read. Recommended.
Jim Bennett ( Book Review Team member)
Life on Shaker Lane is of a time that has past us. It reminds of of Tom Sawyer's adventures. It is also an introduction to poetry.
Well done.
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