New Book Announcement! In Search of the Sublime by Arlice W. Davenport

Arlice W. Davenport's latest poetry collection 
In Search of the Sublime 
is out now!

Meadowlark is proud to be the publisher of each of Davenport's books, and we are excited to get this one in your hands.

Order In Search of the Sublime Here!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Arlice W. Davenport is the author of four collections of poems, Setting the Waves on Fire, Everlasting: Poems, Kind of Blue: New Poems, and In Search of the Sublime, published, respectively, by Meadowlark Press (2020) and Meadowlark Poetry Press (2021, 2022, and 2023). He is the retired Books editor and Travel editor for The Wichita Eagle newspaper. He and his wife, Laura, continue their travels.

Bonus: Fifty select copies of  In Search of the Sublime will be joined by a companion chapbook, Heart of the Sacred Bear and Other Poems, and a bookmark! 

Kind of Blue Hybrid Book Launch Event with Author Arlice Davenport!

 Meadowlark Poetry Press invites you to a hybrid
(in-person AND Zoom) book launch event in celebration of
Kind of Blue by Arlice Davenport! 

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Date: August 12

Place: Twin Rivers Winery
627 Commercial St.
Emporia, KS 66801

Register for Zoom Details: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsdu-oqTIoHta_LxX-p914y2axk-WnPuHd

Click HERE to preorder Kind of Blue now, or save your appetite for a signed copy at the event!

Interview with Arlice Davenport, author of Everlasting

All of us at Meadowlark hope you are enjoying National Poetry Month! 

Adding to the festivities, Meadowlark poet Arlice Davenport, author of Everlasting and Setting the Waves on Fire, was interviewed by Meadowlark publicist Linzi Garcia. Learn about the poet and his poetry !

How is Everlasting similar to and different from Setting the Waves on Fire? Everlasting resembles Setting the Waves on Fire in two primary ways: They each rely on the philosophical concept of Being, the first principle or power of all that is. They also rely heavily on imagery from the natural world. I think that imagery is one of the most important poetic devices, after metaphor, which I’ll talk more about later. The natural world offers us the most recognizable and resonant images, although there are other significant sources of poetic imagery—natural and artificial. I like to butt up against what I consider to be the ultimate force of all that exists—Being—and then convey its importance through the natural image.