How Long to Read Waters Rising

How Long Does it Take to Read Waters Rising?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 39 minutes to read Waters Rising by Pamela Eakins

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

WATERS RISING, Poems from the Red Well by the Sisters of the Holy Pen. This gripping book of poetry was created by a group of California women writers who call themselves, unofficially, the Sisters of the Holy Pen: Verne Adams, Donna Blethen, Kathy Carlson, Pamela Eakins, Mercy Hopkins, Elizabeth Terraszas, Bella Tièr, and Maia Whitemare. The writers' use of the word “holy” indicates how important the act and revelatory nature of writing is in each of their lives. The poems, composed in a writing workshop, began as quick, five to ten minute sketches. To set the creative juices in motion and to hone writing skills, the writers drew a handful of words out of the Red Well, a bowl full with hundreds of words. They pulled out the words, arranged them quickly, and began to write whatever emerged from the deep, subconscious realm. This practice of “writing from the gut” unleashes raw intuition: undomesticated, unobscured, and ungroomed. The poetry floods like a creative spring. Pamela Eakins, writing teacher and the editor of WATERS RISING, says, “All we know and all we are, all that is embedded in our personal and cultural lives, ends up flowing into our poems from the combined and recombined words we are working with. Then, as we read our poetry aloud to one another, without comment, just sharing, we bear witness, again and again, to the power and distinctive nature of each of our voices. As we write and as we listen, we can feel our inner and outer worlds shifting by degrees. Thus, this practice not only strengthens our skills as writers, but becomes a healing process in our lives.” WATERS RISING is a book of inspiration. It not only draws the reader into the Sisters' provocative poetry, but it invites the reader to enter into her own “from the soul” creativity. Read WATERS RISING, join in the process of these California women writers, and feel hidden aspects of your own soul surging into view. The poetry of your life will become rich with meaning as the profound sense of your own purpose is symbolically unveiled.

How long is Waters Rising?

Waters Rising by Pamela Eakins is 156 pages long, and a total of 39,936 words.

This makes it 53% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Waters Rising Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read Waters Rising aloud.

What Reading Level is Waters Rising?

Waters Rising is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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