Publications | 2004

Pierced by the Seasons
Living a Life on the Coast of Maine
Poems and Haiku by Elizabeth Garber

Elizabeth Garber’s collection of poems invites us to intimately experience her vision of the small coastal town in Maine where she lives. Through her eyes, we share the poignancy of her observations throughout a year of seasons. Each poem is lovingly crafted, richly compelling and glows with a radiant awareness.

Warm yourself with haiku composed while she cross-country skis on fresh snow along a stream. Refresh yourself with a poem of kayaking at dawn out of a small harbor. Feel the rhythm of a daily life, walking past streets of white clapboard houses on her morning walk to the ocean and listening to patient stories in her acupuncture office.

You will be moved and changed from reading her poems honoring the grief of a widower, her son turning 18, and the end of a romance. You’ll find yourself seeing more deeply into the simple moments of your life after reading a poem about shopping with her daughter, and playing in a blizzard with her mother. This collection awakens a yearning for more awareness, joy and compassion in our daily lives.

Pierced by the Seasons: Living a Life on the Coast of Maine,
published October 1, 2004, soft cover, 80 pages. Black and white ink illustrations by Gretchen Warsen. Book cover painting: "Late Summer" by Louise Bourne.