Apart, I Am Together
Ebook
Apart, I Am Together is a collection of poems covering decades of marriage and the raising of six children. There are poems about family and reflections on important events (good and bad) in society. The poems, a spiritual journey, focus on the miracles of nature that surround us and the many events that create times where the traveler questions the map's directions.
“Mastering the final stanza twist, Tom Donlon’s poetry, like the best poems, lands the reader in a new perspective. Each poem in Apart, I Am Together leaves us with a story that grows as we move away from it. The poet’s ever-observant mind is unafraid to mark the humor in the mundane or tackle the hardest thought with clear eyes. These poems move us from the particular to the universe of emotions in a heartfelt prayer.”
—Ginny Fite, award-winning author of The Physics of Things
“In Apart, I Am Together, Tom Donlon displays an uncanny ability to see the prosaic details of our lives through a lens of faith and beauty that lifts the best of the work into realms of wonder. This ability wedded with his Whitmanesque drive to name the things of the natural world enlivens these poems with a persuasive and moving gravitas not always found in contemporary poetry.”
—Marc Harshman, poet laureate of West Virginia
“This wonderful collection is as delightful to read as it is powerful in its impact. Tom Donlon is a meticulous poet, and it shows in his attention to detail and craftwork. His elegant use of form and structure informs and enriches the work, and this discipline carries over into all of the poems here, showcasing the poet’s ability to capture and describe the spiritual and extraordinary in the ordinary events of our lives. Well done.”
—Kirk Judd, co-editor of the award-winning anthology Wild, Sweet Notes: Fifty Years of West Virginia Poetry
“Tom Donlon is a poet who writes from the heart with thoughts and emotions that are relatable across a broad spectrum of readers. His observations and descriptions are far from trite yet speak to common experiences. Reading through this collection of a lifetime, we wipe away tears, hold our loved ones tightly, ride along in his car, always noticing, feeling, living.”
—Jane Ellen Freeman, author of Beyond the Stone Eagle Gate
- Title: Apart, I Am Together
- Author: Tom Donlon
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666766721, 9781666766707, 1666766704, 9781666766714, 1666766712, 1666766720
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666766721
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-04-02T10:16:39Z
Tom Donlon lives with his wife and children in Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia. He earned an MFA in poetry from the American University in Washington, DC, before moving to West Virginia in 1986. He was awarded a chapbook, Peregrine, in 2016 by Franciscan University of Steubenville. He has received Pushcart Prize nominations and a fellowship from the WV Commission on the Arts.