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A Dreamer's Guide to Cities and Streams
A Dreamer’s Guide to Cities and Streams, Joan Gelfand’s latest collection of poems, is a remarkable journey. With an artists eye and a seeker’s soul she takes the reader from Tuscan olive groves to a family’s Seder table. Using humor and introspection she asks questions, states opinions and tell tales all which leave one, as she says in "Anthology Sonnet" with, “a delicious taste that lingers.
- GenresPoetry
94 pages, Paperback
First published November 18, 2008
11 people want to read
About the author
Joan Gelfand
9 books288 followers The author of three poetry collections, a chapbook of short fiction and the Amazon #1 best seller "You Can Be a Winning Writer" (Mango press) Joan's debut novel, "Extreme" was published by Blue Light Press in July 2020.
Her letters, articles, reviews and poetry have appeared in numerous national and international magazines including The Huffington Post, Los Angeles Review of Books, PANK! Poetry Flash, Rattle, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Levure Litteraire and Poets & Writers. Widely anthologized, Joan's poetry and essays are published in numerous literary journals, including: Chicken Soup for the Soul, Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, Jewish Womens Literary Annual,Kalliope and If Women Ruled the World, an international anthology. "Here & Abroad" can be found on 'thelostbookshelf.com."
"A Dreamer's Guide to Cities and Streams" was published in 2009 by San Francisco Bay Press.
Seeking Center A Collection of Poetry was published by Two Bridges Press in 2006.
Joan is a member of the National Book Critics Circle, A Judge for the Northern Ca. Book Awards and President Emeritus of the Women's National Book Association.
Her letters, articles, reviews and poetry have appeared in numerous national and international magazines including The Huffington Post, Los Angeles Review of Books, PANK! Poetry Flash, Rattle, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Levure Litteraire and Poets & Writers. Widely anthologized, Joan's poetry and essays are published in numerous literary journals, including: Chicken Soup for the Soul, Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, Jewish Womens Literary Annual,Kalliope and If Women Ruled the World, an international anthology. "Here & Abroad" can be found on 'thelostbookshelf.com."
"A Dreamer's Guide to Cities and Streams" was published in 2009 by San Francisco Bay Press.
Seeking Center A Collection of Poetry was published by Two Bridges Press in 2006.
Joan is a member of the National Book Critics Circle, A Judge for the Northern Ca. Book Awards and President Emeritus of the Women's National Book Association.
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June 21, 2009
A beautiful collection of poems by Joan Gelfand. Among my favorites are "I've Started Listening to Barbra Streisand Again," "Requiem for a Dying World," "Dichotomy Sonnet," "Passover," "New York Park," "Daddy-O," "Recipe for Diana," and "Meditation on the Seventh."
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