A Glint of Light

<p><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>In this stunning debut collection </span><em style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>A Glint of Light</em><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)> Fredric Hildebrand celebrates--with sadness praise and astute observations-nature the seasons and people among us. In short luminous poems he reveals the extraordinary aspects of ordinary things.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>A native of Neenah Wisconsin Hildebrand weaves this rural setting into his work paying tribute to such poets as Tom Hennen and Ted Kooser. At the Polling Place praises a small-town community. With powerful imagery love of nature runs through The Sound of Spring Above the Flambeau River Prairie Morning and others. On the Way to the Mayo Clinic Autumn Frost and A Funeral explore the difficult themes of grief and loss but in How Many Mornings Psalm and Geese in April Hildebrand finds grace and gratitude in the blessing of ordinary days.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>In the tradition of Emily Dickinson and William Carlos Williams the language in </span><em style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>A Glint of Light</em><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)> is spare and accessible. The collection opens with At the Ojibwa All-Night Diner which won honorable mention for the 2017 Mill Prize for Poetry. The final poem is The Forest Trail first published in </span><em style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>ArtAscent.</em><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)> Poems in this collection have also appeared in </span><em style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>Bramble Millwork The Raven Review Right-Hand Pointing </em><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>and </span><em style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>Verse-Virtual</em><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>. This volume is Hildebrand's overdue introduction to a national audience. </span></p><p><br></p>