Bøger af Marlene Hitt

This collection of 129 poems by Marlene Hitt (b. 1936) was written over a period of almost 40 years. The first Poet Laureate of Sunland-Tujunga, a member of Chuparosa Poets, Village Poets, and other poetry groups, Marlene Hitt practiced her writing in near isolation from the "official" poetry world, while dedicating her time to the local community, as a historian, poet, and activist. She was the first Poet Laureate of Sunland Tujunga, member of the Village Poets in 1999, and co-editor of our 10th anniversary anthology We Are here: Village Poets Anthology" in 2020 (with Maja Trochimczyk). This book is a fruit of her poetic insights, her gifts of keen observation, reflection, and vivid expression. In 2015, Moonrise Press published "Clocks and Water Drops," Hitt's first full-length poetry volume. The current collection reprints some of these poems, and gathers other work scattered in various publications over the years. But there are plenty of poems here that never saw the light of the day and are here to enlighten and inspire us. Poet and flautist Alice Pero (the 10th Poet Laureate of Sunland-Tujunga) assisted Marlene in selecting poems from thousands of pages and arranging them into seven chapters with distinct moods, ending with an euphonious title poem "Yellow Tree Alone," that shines with the gold leaves of Marlene's unique talent.

The Discontent of Brother Turnip and Grandfather TreeBy: Marlene HittThe Discontent of Brother Turnip and Grandfather Tree tests the idea that, if we could, we would want to be something else: an eagle, a porpoise, a comet? Who knows? What would happen if we changed places as Grandfather Tree and Brother Turnip do? Grandparents will like this story. It is for them too.About the AuthorMarlene Hitt loves to read, write, and tell stories. Her children and grandchildren are grown up so she no longer has anyone to play with. But with her notebook and purple pen she plays by writing stories.Hitt has enjoyed many kinds of writing. She was the first of the current 10 Poets Laureate of Sunland Tujunga. Her most recently published poetry book is Clocks and Waterdrops, Moonrise Press. She loves local history, has volunteered for many years at Tujunga's Bolton Hall Museum, Little Landers Historical Society, and she showcased this rich history by writing for several local newspapers and newsletters. As a result of those columns, Hitt wrote for Arcadia Publishing Making of America Series, Sunland Tujunga from Village to City.

"Clocks and Water Drops" is the first full-length collection of poetry by Marlene Hitt, the first Poet Laureate of Sunland-Tujunga, a former Director at the Bolton Hall Museum, a local historian, poet, and community activist. The book of reflections about her life, family and neighborhood changing through the decades, includes 73 poems in sections dedicated to: Children, Marriages, Portraits, Neighbors, Seasons, Small Things, Passages, and Farewells. The title captures the poet's fascination with the flow of time, as relentless and powerful as drops of water that can shape rocks and move mountains. Poet Jack Cooper praises Hitt's "astute and thoughtful voice" while Kath Abela Wilson admires her "confident and consistent phrasing, and exacting vision."