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This chronological journey of poems tracks the love story between two poets, Norman Morrissey and Silke Heiss, charting Morrissey's dramatic illness and death, leading to the fascinating, complex grieving process of his widow. Many of the poems show nature's part in the healing process, as well as the mysteries of ongoing verbal communication, transcending death, between the poets.
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Hello dear Silke
I loved GREATER MATTER.
"A stunning, amazing piece of work Silke, wrought from so much god-damn honest pain – flip.
I’ve read it three times and I know I will come back to it.
Thank you."
- Anne Keating, author of 'Wild Voices', Haga-Haga
"Your book of poems dedicated to your husband, of your life together is a great honour to his memory & your life together. I treasure my copy of "Greater Matter" purchased. Lots of depth, but also great humour which certainly gave me the giggles on some. I definitely recommend your book to those experiencing deep loss, or like me are just a romantic at heart. Thank you Silke for sharing of your and Norman's life together in poem form, sending the message that true love never fades; it goes on beyond the grave in one's heart & memories." - Lorraine Cockrell, Johannesburg
Author Biography
Silke Heiss was born in Berlin, West Germany. Her parents emigrated when she was a young child and she grew up in Pretoria (now Tshwane), South Africa. She began publishing her poems while studying Comparative literature in Johannesburg. She moved to Simonstown (Cape Town) in 1992 and continued publishing stories, poems and a verse novel in local literary journals. She moved to Hogsback in the Eastern Cape in 2011 and married the poet Norman Morrissey in 2013. Together they formed Give Your Writing The Edge and created 48 newsletters and writing workshops under that name. They published altogether 8 books of their love poems in dialogue, nature poems and poems of place. Since Morrissey's death in 2017, Silke has published four more books, namely 'The Only Altar'; 'Path of Beauty'; 'Greater Matter A Journey of Poems to Death and Beyond'; and 'Sweet Nothings (with Notebook)'. Silke continues to write, regularly testing her poems on a small, private readership. She joined the Ecca Poets in 2012. She regularly contributes to their annual publications and also creates the art for the covers of the Ecca books.
Silke has also made art pieces (ceramic and intaglio) and is currently buidling up her ceramic art stock again.
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- Publisher/Imprint Self / PoeTree Publications Self-publishing & Writing Services
- Publication Date August 2019
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780994695079
- Publication Country or regionSouth Africa
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 26 EUR
- Pages311
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusSelf-Published
- Original Language TitleEnglish
- Original Language AuthorsSilke Heiss
- Edition1
- Copyright Year2019
- Page size20,5 x 14,5cm (2,5 x 20,5 x 14,5) cm
- Biblio NotesAppendix and Timeline
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