Handmade Poetry Book with Dickinson Nature Poem, Handpainted Art Book with Poetry, Poetry Gift, Handmade Gifts for Poetry Lovers

This one-of-a-kind handmade poetry book combines abstract landscape paintings with Emily Dickinson's poem "Nature, the Gentlest Mother." Six original paintings done in cold wax and oil on archival paper complement the lines from the poem, with vellum paper and scraps of art craft paper embellishing the little pages.

The pages are hand-stitched together with waxed thread, grommets allow for vintage baubles and an antique key. The pages are bound together with a blue spiral binding between vintage book boards from a children's book of verse. The unique piece makes a lovely gift for any poetry lover and anyone needing a little extra magic in their day.

The book measures 5.5" x 3.75"

The poem, which is printed on hand-painted archival paper, reads as follows:

Nature, the gentlest mother,
Impatient of no child,
The feeblest or the waywardest,
Her admonition mild

In forest and the hill
By traveller is heard,
Restraining rampant squirrel
Or too impetuous bird.

How fair her conversation,
A summer afternoon,--
Her household, her assembly;
And when the sun goes down

Her voice among the aisles
Incites the timid prayer
Of the minutest cricket,
The most unworthy flower.

When all the children sleep
She turns as long away
As will suffice to light her lamps;
Then, bending from the sky

With infinite affection
And infiniter care,
Her golden finger on her lip,
Wills silence everywhere.
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MY ARTIST STATEMENT—Painting is a daily ritual for me, as I continue to discover ways to express myself through art. My goal is to create artwork that represents how I see the world around me—or how I hope it could be, a place where mercy, benevolence, and peace are commonplace and can be found around any corner, under any tree, or beside any stream. At the same time, I desire to create meaningful work that others forge a deep connection to and bring into their own home as a unique expression of who they are.