Upstate Trilogy: A Celebration of Creation, Creativity, and the Examined Life from the Other New York
Ebook
The poems in Upstate Trilogy attempt to examine God's creation through the explorations of nature, human creativity, and human experience--the world experienced through body, soul, and spirit. In particular this book of poems takes its context in the place called Upstate--the other New York from Lake Erie in the west to the Hudson River in the east. T. P. Bird uses his own thirty-five years of living in Upstate as the content of this examination--particularly in the years 1988-2009--drawn from his field notes taken while hiking the upstate countryside; his receiving early twentieth-century amateur photographs, and the stories they might tell us; and observations from his personal journal. Bird sees this exploration as a celebration--a celebration of time, place, wonder, and God's marvelous blessings.
“Enjoy Tom’s love for the hidden, such as trees lurking just up the path and untamed things found nearby. He captures that which we otherwise would not consider. He sees, hears, and tastes time passing and records those things which make time stand still. Allow him to take your imagination to that place in the wood...where you will find amazing beauty revealed.”
—Donald Whelpley, retired businessman and pastor
“In reading Tom’s masterpiece, I am transported back to my earlier years as an avid hiker of the Sierra Nevada mountains. His poetry evokes vivid memories of the senses I experienced: the scent of alpine air, the majestic granite sentinels, and the symphonic cadence of babbling streams. Tom’s writings serve as a heartfelt reminder of my insignificance in the vastness of nature and the fleeting moments of time. I am deeply grateful to Tom for sharing his thoughtful and eloquent reflections on the beauty of our Creator’s imagination.”
—Ronald C. Royer, LPCC, LADC, LPN, retired
“T. P. Bird took me along in his outdoor adventures! He nuanced the variety of transcendent experiences nature brings from mourning and weighty life transitions to playfulness and lighthearted laziness. This is a kind of poetry that softens one’s heart.”
—Jacob Junker, adjunct professor of psychology, Bluegrass Community and Technical College
- Title: Upstate Trilogy: A Celebration of Creation, Creativity, and the Examined Life from the Other New York
- Author: T. P. Bird
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9798385228898, 9798385228874, 9798385228881
- Resource ID: LLS:9798385228898
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-05T20:39:24Z
T. P. Bird is a retired industrial drafter/designer and Christian minister, having pastored Wesleyan churches in Upstate New York, West Virginia, and Virginia. He has published in a number of journals and is the author of four full collections: Mystery and Imperfection; Somewhere beyond the Body (Wipf & Stock); American Narratives; and A Loose Rendering. Bird lives with his wife, Sally, in Lexington, Kentucky.