Vacant Chairs: A Collection of Poems

by Linda Blagdon

Sixty-Eight poems from native Newfoundlander Linda Blagdon that highlight both the struggles and joys of growing up in Newfoundland. These poems reflect on the nature of family and friends, based on Blagdon's own experience or stories passed down via the Newfoundland oral tradition. Ranging from humorous to tragic, and from inspirational to personal, 'Vacant Chairs' provides a window into the depth of one woman's experience of Newfoundland culture, tradition, and faith.

72 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2017

Reviews

[Jacqueline]

I read this on OverDrive. Mixed feelings about it. Didn't know when I downloaded it that it was a Newfoundland author. Picked that up because many of the poems had a Newfoundland theme. Many other of the poems had a Christian theme. I found myself reading most of the poems with the same singsong rhythm so it got a bit frustrating. I liked some of them, but others not so much.