PHONOTACTICS IBD

Sinopsis

Barbara Sher Tinsley, Ph.D. (StanfordâÇÖ83), has applied her academic, artistic, and literary knowledge, musical gifts, and love of nature to creatingáPhonotactics, The Sounds of Poetry. She is a singer of the broad culture, the personal, of family life, sensuality, history, philosophy, place, and the significance of a well-rounded life.The seemingly simplest of her poems are sometimes the deepest, the most complex appearingámay be easier. Satire, humor, tenderness.áThese are herátactics of poeticásound,áour surroundings, thoughts.áHer surround sound is not in theaters, but in experience.A Fulbright Fellow and resident (two years) of Paris, Florence, ItalyâÇÖs Tyrol, andáAlmuñecar, Spain, where net menders gathered each morning, inspired a painting andáaápoem.áHer long residence in CaliforniaâÇÖs Bay Area has enriched her life.A professor of French, humanities, world literature, history, and English composition at Stanford, Santa Clara University, San Jose State, Stephens College, and several community colleges,áshe has published four books on European history, three on poetry, (another forthcoming),áa novel on Italian culture, and articles in various encyclopedias and academic journals.áHer biography appears ináWhoâÇÖs Who in Americaáandáshe is listed in The Dictionary of American Philosophers.ááDr. TinsleyâÇÖs poems on language, philosophy, love, writing, music, history, geology, archaeology, astronomy, insomnia, business, family, hacking, fake news, violent movies, computers, gardens, art, contentment, literary criticism,álet usáámeet not just the poet, but ourselves. For,áas Aristotle thought best, she deals with universals, our shared humanity.áHer first two poetry collections are Art, Passion, Poetryá(2015), and Streaming Consciousnessá(2016). The fourth, Travelling in Place ... and toáOther Places, will appear shortly.ááAs one perceives from my dedication, music was on my mind - my unclesâÇÖ and my own - to create poetry that is truly musical, with meter, rhyme, and compelling themes.Phonotactics was a word I discovered thumbing through my dictionary while looking for another word. I had no idea what it meant, but learned that sound involves tactics and techniques, all involved in poetry.áMy own poems are quite varied, from Renaissance villanelles and sonnets to philosophical musings on great thinkers. The poetry honors historical monuments to monuments dedicated to manâÇÖs cultural achievements, and to their corruption or destruction by barbarians, old and modern.My first two poetry collections are Art, Passion, Poetryá(2015), and Streaming Consciousnessá(2016). The fourth, Travelling in Place ... and toáOther Places, will appear shortly.áá