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Cold Against the Heart: Poems (The Palm Poets Series)
Cold Against the Heart Poems - The Palm Poets Series Author:Hugh MacDonald Young MacDonald on the farm. In Hugh MacDonald's poetry, one encounters reality in a sudden and surprising way. His poems sing of the Maritimes, and what it's like to grow up by the sea. He writes about farming on Prince Edward Island where he grew up, and where the earth is hard and red. He writes about the memories of a grandfather, ... more »walking in the woods with him, feeling safe, and carrying the axes and buck saws and hardboiled eggs. The poems connect to church life, the daily routine of making a living on the eastern seaboard, buying a car, a first marriage, and the loneliness the writer feels when left with his thoughts.« less