What do you think?
Rate this book
Fields of Light and Stone
You lie awake,
needlessly fingering
this patchwork guilt.
Remorse, a code
you live by; distress calls
for someone to blame.
—from “Threads”
Following the deaths of her Mennonite grandparents, Angeline Schellenberg began exploring their influence on her life. Her elegiac love letter to them articulates her grief against the backdrop of their involuntary emigration. She artfully captures the immigrant identity, vital to Canadian culture, in poems that draw on events both personal and global: war and famine, dementia and cancer, hidden sacrifice and secrets. Her poems captivate with themes of ancestry, memory, resilience, and forgiveness. Fields of Light and Stone is a reflection on how family history shapes and moves us.
needlessly fingering
this patchwork guilt.
Remorse, a code
you live by; distress calls
for someone to blame.
—from “Threads”
Following the deaths of her Mennonite grandparents, Angeline Schellenberg began exploring their influence on her life. Her elegiac love letter to them articulates her grief against the backdrop of their involuntary emigration. She artfully captures the immigrant identity, vital to Canadian culture, in poems that draw on events both personal and global: war and famine, dementia and cancer, hidden sacrifice and secrets. Her poems captivate with themes of ancestry, memory, resilience, and forgiveness. Fields of Light and Stone is a reflection on how family history shapes and moves us.
104 pages, Paperback
Published March 16, 2020
13 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
May 6, 2020
I really enjoyed reading these heart-felt poems about grandparents. It made me think of my grandparents and the struggles they faced, as well as the gentle memories. Everyone has a story and these poems tell them well.
July 26, 2020
Beautiful poetry honouring the poet’s grandparents. I read this collection slowly, a couple of poems a day, savouring the language. There are poems here I know I will be returning to for both consolation and inspiration. Lovely.
June 30, 2020
This is a collection of sensitive and thoughtful poems by an author who is exploring the influence that her Mennonite grandparents had on her life. Nice and memorable.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews