Description
“Threads on the Paintings is both impressionistic memoir and homage to some great works of art. Timothy Young continually tests the limits of the visual in these poems and takes us deeper into a visceral yet spiritual sense of his life. I’ve never read a book that uses the spark of art to so consistently generate revelation. These poems testify to a thoroughly lived knowledge of both the outer world and the world of spirit. Like the paintings at
Lascaux, they take us down into the cave of the ancestral to view the most luminous images. Son of a large, warm-blooded Irish-American family, Tim Young invites us as generous host to this astonishing and strangely joyful family gathering of poems.”
—Thomas R. Smith, author of Storm Island and Medicine Year
Poetry. Art.
Author Bio
Timothy Young is a poet and retired educator in juvenile corrections. His book, Herds Of Bears Surround Us, was published by Red Dragonfly Press in 2010. He has recorded three CDs of poetry and his poem 'Mississippi Ecstasy' was set for a big band jazz suite by composer, Dan Cavanagh. He is chairman of the Board of Directors for Robert Bly's Minnesota Men's Conferences.
Author City: SAINT PAUL, MN USA