Book
Polishing the Petoskey Stone
by Luci Shaw
- Published
- 2003
- Genre
- Poetry
- Publisher
- Shaw
- Pages
- 288
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/658480.Polishing_the_Petoskey_Stone?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=lKWzU6GESe&rank=1
Reading measures
- Suggested reading age
- ages 17–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 12 onwards · ages 17–20
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Poems by Luci Shaw, a Christian writer of poetry and essays. The title poem takes a Petoskey stone — the fossil coral that Michigan beachcombers hunt for and polish — as its image for the slow work of turning something ordinary into something beautiful. Her subjects are the ones she returns to throughout the book: the natural world, family, faith, and the discipline of paying attention.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780877886587
- ISBN-10
- 087788658X
Tags
FaithInterpersonal Relationships-FamilyNatural Environments-Seashore/Beaches/CoastPoetryReligion-ChristianityScience-GeologyUnited States-Michigan