![]() In literature, mood is the feeling created in the reader. Words such as frightened, panicked and depressed are commonly used to describe people's moods during this time. People lost their jobs, went hungry and experienced a wide range of emotions. For example, during the Great Depression, the mood in the USA can be thought of as somber. Use words that describe how people felt during the time and reflect on how they lived their lives. When referring to a period of time or specific era, moods can be used to set the scene. ![]() The mood set for this beach is calm and peaceful. For example, if writing about a beach use words such as salty sea air, gentle breeze, soft sand, lapping waves or warm sun rays. When describing a place, you will want to add plenty of detail and use vivid words. If a group of students gets to go on a fun field trip for the day instead of sitting in the classroom, the mood can be described as excited or elated.ĭescriptive writing can be used to set the mood of a place. For example, if something unfair happens in the workplace and a group of employees lost their jobs, this group's mood can be described as frustrated and enraged. When describing how a group is feeling, a collective mood is often used. Sunday at the Zeitgeist Arts Cafe in Duluth.While moods are commonly used to describe how an individual person feels at a given time, they also can be used to describe the atmosphere of groups of people, places, and eras or time periods. Thomsen will perform with some of the poets featured in the anthology at 3 p.m. The chorus is, 'The water will whisper a love song in your ear.' So it's Lake Superior singing a love song to us." "And the other thing that it was, was a love song to us, from the lake," she said. She said it celebrates living through the seasons next to Lake Superior. The lyrics for her song "Lake Superior - A Love Song from the Lake" are included as a poem in the anthology. For singer-songwriter Sara Thomsen, that connection goes both ways. What the poems share is an intimate connection to Superior. Several Native American poets write about their cultural ties to the lake. Others are about the economy the lake supports, from shipping to mining to fishing. Some of the poems express concern for environmental issues, and focus on keeping the lake clean and vital. "The poems are magical, mysterious, and also reveal the mayhem that Lake Superior can be," he said. He received 300 entries from 140 different poets. Perlman said this is the first poetry anthology published about Lake Superior that he's aware of. "Perhaps it's because of my location, and my interest in publishing poetry books, that it just kind of all came together." "I don't know of many other presses that would take on a project of publishing poetry about Lake Superior," he said. ![]() Jim Perlman has run the independent publisher for 38 years from a home office now filled with stacks of old manuscripts and ancient computer equipment. "Amethyst and Agate" is the latest of more than 125 books published by Holy Cow! Press in Duluth. ![]() "One of the things that this lake has taught me is how absolutely small I am, and how large is the mystery, how expansive is the world, and I play a little tiny, itty bitty part in it," he said. He comes early to the lakeshore to watch the sun rise. And I am nothing.īoelhower is a theology professor at the College of St. Gary Boelhower's poem "After Sailing" captures the lake on one of those gentler days.Īfter Sailing All Day through the diamonds and silk of Superior, the rhythm of the waves still in my body. Asked to describe the lake's mood on this sunny day, Cooper laughed and said, "She's kicking back.
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