Nannette Schweig Hoffman
Poetry
The Image and the Leaf1/30/2018 “This book of 36 poems and 32 pen and ink drawings, features the images of leaves grown old. Each wrinkled form becomes sublimely unique, in contrast to those new leaves, which look alike. In the fall, colors astound us with their special vibrancy. But here, without the aid of brilliance, forms become the message. Their powerful effect enables them to creep into my poems. Each fall these shapes are beauty under foot we tend to ignore. Perhaps you will join me during the season of raking up and take a look.” Nannette Hoffman Excerpt from the Preface of The Image and the Leaf: Poems and Drawings by Nannette Hoffman, (2002, Ellicott Press, Washington, D.C.). This was Nannette’s last collection of poems, written in the winter of her life, before Alzheimer’s consumed her. She dedicated it to her husband with these simple words: “To my husband, Edwin Hoffman, who has lovingly shared with me a home saturated in music, poetry and inspiration for creating art.”
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