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    Selected Poetry Book I: Themes and Variations
    Selected Poetry Book I: Themes and Variations
    Selected Poetry Book I: Themes and Variations
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    Selected Poetry Book I: Themes and Variations

    By Paul Shapshak

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    SELECTED POETRY, Book I, THEMES AND VARIATIONS is a book of poetry by Paul Shapshak, PhD. There are also 10 photographs and a cover photograph of paintings and sculptures by the poets father, Sir Rene Shapshak. Several of the photographs were taken by one of the poets sons, Dag Shapshak, MD. (For additional information, see the poet-author description from the back cover.) This book divides into eight sections, Pastoral, Mythology, Cosmology, Theology, History, Social, Economics, and the Arts. Poetic forms that appear in the book include Sonnets, Cantos, Epigrammes, and Haikus. There are themes and variations on the themes in the book. A point is never completed, but builds and stretches examining time shifts, time drifts, and geographical climes, explored with surprises, and some balls hit out the ballpark. Some are paintings done at the beach by cliffs or in fields by streams, every hour on the hour that vary in chiaroscuro, color, and overtones. The poet enjoys and hopes that you will as well.
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    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJan 31, 2012
    ISBN9781468542080
    Selected Poetry Book I: Themes and Variations
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    Paul Shapshak

    Paul Shapshak, PhD commenced writing poetry at age 15 nearing graduation from the High School of Music and Art in New York City. He was a music student, playing violin and piano, and conducting as well. While in high school, he also attended the Henry Street Settlement Music School in New York City, as a scholarship student. He then attended Harvard College (BA), New York University Medical Center, and Princeton University (PhD) all with scholarships. At Harvard University, he took an English literature course given by Professor William Alfred. His parents were Sir Rene Shapshak, sculptor and painter and Lady Eugenie Palca-Shapshak, pianiste and piano teacher. He and his wife Solveig have three grown children, Mans, Helga, and Dag and grandchildren Madeleine, Sophia, Annika Renee, and Evelyn Rachel.

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      Selected Poetry Book I - Paul Shapshak

      Selected Poetry

      Book I

      Themes and Variations

      PAUL SHAPSHAK, PHD

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      © 2012 by Paul Shapshak, PhD. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 01/26/2012

      ISBN: 978-1-4685-4209-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4685-4208-0 (ebk)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012900507

      Printed in the United States of America

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      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

      PART I

      HEARTH PROTECTOR

      SUNSET

      MOUNTAIN

      MOUNTAIN AIR

      MICCHU PICCHU

      WINTER SCENE

      SPRING

      DAWN

      DAWN’S SECRET CLOUDS

      MORNING HAIKU

      MID-DAY HAIKU

      AFTERNOON HAIKU

      TODAY

      RESTING

      PAST FIELDS

      EPIGRAMME 39

      CANTO LXVIII

      CANTO XV

      EPIGRAMME 43

      EPIGRAMME 45

      EPIGRAMME 44

      EPIGRAMME 21

      EPIGRAMME 24

      EPIGRAMME 23

      EPIGRAMME 29

      EPIGRAMME 28

      EPIGRAMME 26

      EPIGRAMME 8

      CRANES AND IBISES

      SURFACE INDEXES

      TIME’S SEASONS

      A SUMMER’S DAY

      STAR

      FABLES

      FLORIDA REEFS

      SONNET 9

      SONNET 4

      Part II

      EPIGRAMME 18

      MYRMIDONS

      AZTEC EMPEROR:

      THE CHOSEN

      ANCIENT

      CANTO LXVIA

      CANTO LXV

      CANTO LXIVB

      CANTO LXII

      ANCIENT

      ARTEMIS

      SNOW

      MJOLNIR

      THREE GRACES

      ATHENE POSEIDON

      PALLAS ATHENA

      MOUNTAIN REALMS

      MAYAN

      Part III

      CANTO XLA

      CANTO XLI

      CANTO XXXVII

      CANTO XL B

      CANTO XIX

      CANTO XXXIXA

      CANTO XXXIII

      CANTO XCI

      CANTO LXXVII

      EPIGRAMME 41

      EPIGRAMME 46

      CLIFF FACE STRATA

      ARRANGEMENTS

      COSMIC FIELDS

      ANOTHER DAWN

      AURORA

      BEACH

      AWAKEN

      TIMED

      STARRY NIGHT

      ANAXIMANDER ANAXAGORAS

      Part IV

      CANTO XXVII

      CANTO LVIIA

      CANTO XXV

      CANTO XXXIXB

      CANTO LXXXVIII

      CANTO LXXIX

      CANTO XVI

      CANTO LXIII

      BE AN ANGEL

      CANTO XLVI

      CANTO LXXV

      CANTO XCII

      CANTO XCVII

      CANTO XLXIV

      CANTO XLXIII

      CANTO LXXXIXB

      CANTO LXXX

      CANTO XCV

      CANTO XCVI

      EPIGRAMME 76

      EPIGRAMME 75

      EPIGRAMME 5

      EPIGRAMME 99

      BRIDGE

      EDAN

      Part V

      CANTO LXXIII

      CANTO V

      CANTO XXIII

      CANTO LXXII

      CANTO LXVIIB

      CANTO LXVIB

      CANTO LX

      EPIGRAMME 38

      CANTO XXXIB

      EPIGRAMME 40

      EPIGRAMME 27

      EPIGRAMME 17

      EPIGRAMME 30

      EPIGRAMME 20

      WIDSITH

      GOLDEN HORDES

      WINTER SEA

      PREHISTORY

      MAYAN SUN

      PAX

      DAWN’S SERRATION

      MYRMIDONS

      Part VI

      LIGHT

      ACUITY

      CANTO LXIVA

      CANTO LXIX

      CANTO LXVIIA

      CANTO XXXII

      CANTO LXXI

      CANTO LXXXXIX

      CANTO LXXIV

      EPIGRAMME 19

      EPIGRAMME 10

      EPIGRAMME 14

      EPIGRAMME 9

      EPIGRAMME 4

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