The Ministry of Flowers

"Between My Country - and the Others -There is a Sea -But Flowers - negotiate between us...
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SKU: 9781912436439
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Author: Andrea Witzke Slot
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Ministry of Flowers by Slot, Andrea Witzke

The Ministry of Flowers

$54.35

The Ministry of Flowers

$54.35
Author: Andrea Witzke Slot
Format: Paperback
Language: English

"Between My Country - and the Others -
There is a Sea -
But Flowers - negotiate between us -
As Ministry."

-Emily Dickinson

As the world grapples with the tragic human cost of the global pandemic and its aftermath, the need for kindness and gratitude has become more important than ever. The Ministry of Flowers is in many ways a book for our times, one that offers hope in a changing world. The poems call into stark relief the brevity of human life, while also emphasizing the urgent need to connect with others and offer acts of kindness as a way of healing and moving forward.

Taking its title from an Emily Dickinson poem, the book explores how flowers, both real and metaphorical, are at the heart of a kinder world. With a strong ecological focus, the poems celebrate nature's continual ministry in our lives and highlight the need to respect the ecosystems that sustain us. The Ministry of Flowers speaks eloquently to a post-pandemic society, one in which compassion as well as forgiveness (of both self and others) become the seeds of the gentler, fairer world we seek.



Author: Andrea Witzke Slot
Publisher: Valley Press
Published: 11/02/2020
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781912436439

About the Author
Witzke Slot, Andrea: - Andrea Witzke Slot is a London-based poet and fiction writer. After teaching for many years (primary school in the UK, then at Collin College in Texas and at the University of Illinois at Chicago after earning her PhD), Andrea now lives in London where she works as a contributing artist with Fiona Lesley's Poetry Exchange and tries to capture the unexpected beauty of humanity and nature in words, paints, and photography. Her publications include 'To find a new beauty' (Gold Wake Press 2012), a poetry collection inspired by H.D.'s Sea Garden poems. Her second collection, 'The Ministry of Flowers', was published by Valley Press in November 2020.

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