<\/a>by James M. Fisher, The Miramichi Reader<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n J<\/span>uly 2, 2017, marked the eightieth year of Amelia Earhart\u2019s disappearance while flying over the Pacific Ocean.\u00a0 Ms Earhart was not alone; along with her was navigator Fred Noonan.\u00a0 I was eager to read Flightpaths <\/em>(2017, Caitlin Press) a structured prose-with-poetry composition by Ms Greco subtitled The Lost Journals of Amelia Earhart<\/em>. It seemed like a challenging endeavour to take bits and pieces of the famed flyer\u2019s life and, along with some fictional touches, flesh out a theory or two on what really happened that fateful day. Did they crash land on a reef near Gardner Island, only to slowly die as castaways? Or were they captured by the Japanese Navy as spies and held prisoner on a remote island? Ms Greco explores these themes and a few others (including a stint in Toronto as a nurse\u2019s aide and as her relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt and her marriage to GP Putnam) in Flightpaths<\/em>:<\/p>\n Some day I might learn about<\/em> Countless ships and planes engaged<\/em> Our gal Amelia the public excuse<\/em> Convoys combing waves<\/em> Ms Greco\u2019s poems (written from Amelia\u2019s point of view) are interspersed with fictional journal-like entries of Amelia\u2019s last days on a bit of an island that she thought was Howland Island, her intended destination.<\/p>\n I fear we are farther south than planned<\/em> I am not one to read a lot of poetry, but when combined with contextual passages and based on a historical event, my interest was piqued and my imagination stimulated by the fascinating concept that Ms Greco has penned. Flightpaths<\/em> adroitly employs poetry that is easily accessible to those who may otherwise not have a taste for it and surely the subject will be of interest to those who continue to be fascinated by the Amelia Earhart story-myth. Recommended.<\/p>\n Heidi Greco is a longtime resident of Surrey, BC. In addition to writing and editing, she\u2019s been an advocate for the literary arts in her community and was instrumental in establishing two distinct reading series. But she considers her greatest success to have been convincing her city to hire an official Poet Laureate. She writes in many genres \u2013 with poems, fiction, essays and book reviews to her credit. Her books include a novella, Shrinking Violets\u00a0which was co-winner of the Ken Klonsky Award in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a>James M. Fisher<\/strong>\u00a0lives in Miramichi.\u00a0James is an ardent reader whose aim is to highlight New Brunswick authors and publishers, as well as cover subjects of interest to New Brunswickers in particular and Maritimers in general. For more\u00a0visit his website<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0like his page on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Book Review: \u201cFlightpaths\u201d by Heidi Greco<\/a> appeared first on Giver on the River<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" July 2, 2017, marked the eightieth year of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance while flying over the Pacific Ocean. Ms Earhart was not alone; along with her was navigator Fred Noonan. I was eager to read Flightpaths (2017, Caitlin Press) a structured prose-with-poetry composition by Ms Greco subtitled The Lost Journals of Amelia Earhart. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":8016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11],"tags":[39,419],"class_list":["post-8013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-featured-article","tag-history","tag-poetry"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nthe party sent to find us.<\/em>
\nNo doubt the biggest in history.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin search of an enemy.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nas they scatter across the sea<\/em>
\nin headlines blackened with lies.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nfor the needle they had planted<\/em>
\nin a haystack they\u2019d quietly<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 agreed to move.<\/em>
\n(from \u201cCipher\u201d)<\/em><\/p>\n
\ntwo vagabonds astray,<\/em>
\nriding the belt of the Equator.<\/em>
\n(from \u201cCourse Correction\u201d)<\/em><\/p>\nFlightpaths by Heidi Greco is available at Amazon.ca<\/a>
\nCaitlin Press<\/a><\/h3>\n
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