Product Description
Cloud Compass, a collection of new and selected poems by Marta Knobloch, is divided into two parts.

The first, "Shadow Painting," is a series of poems inspired by the life and work of Laurence Hope, an Edwardian poet whose work revealed her fascination with the peoples and cultures of 19th-century India.

The second, "Boxing the Compass," is made up of poems that reflect the author's lifetime spent in circling the globe.

The book's underlying motif is how explorations of other lands and cultures profoundly enhanced the lives of both poets.
About the Author
Marta Knobloch is a poet and author. She has written three award winning collections of poetry:
The Song of What Was Lost, The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 1988 (Artscape Literary Arts Award of Baltimore);
Sky Pond, Washington, D.C.: S.C.O.P. Publications, 1993 (Co-winner of the Columbia Book Award); and
The Room of Months / La stanza dei mesi, Bologna, Italy: Book Editore, 1995 (Lions Ferrara Castello's Premio Donna). Her ecological fable,
How Djambawa Found What He Was Seeking, was published in Italian in Ferrara, Italy, and awarded the Premio di Arte e Ambiente di Italia in 1991. Her work has appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies in the United States, Australia, Ireland, Italy and England. She has traveled extensively throughout her life, lived abroad, and now makes her home in El Paso, Texas.