The Artistry of a Family Comes Alive in an Anthology that Amalgamates Poetry and Art

The Hitchcock and the Benjamin families have been in America for several generations. And while they have produced farmers, architects, musicians, and diplomats, now and then, a poet or an artist comes along.  This starts a poetic journey that spans across generations.
 
Marilyn Benjamin Wassmann’s “Pen Scratching Poets: A Collection of One Family’s Creative Pursuits” is a mesmerizing collection of poetry and artwork dedicated to everyone’s family.  She gives readers an in-depth insight into her world through her poems, highlighted by her grandmother’s, her relatives’, and her nieces’ and nephews’ poems. Getting deeper into the pages, Wassmann shares her grandmother’s deeply personal encounters like ‘‘To My Children” and “To My Rod” along with the very moving poem “Chum Our Dog” and her relatives’ poems like “To My (Our) unborn Child.”  Marilyn has also bravely featured her hope for the country in the poems “America” and “Longing for Peace,” while celebrating the holidays with the “Seasons Greetings” section.
 
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Pen Scratching Poets: A Collection of One Family’s Creative Pursuits
Author: Marilyn Wassmann
Publisher: Writers Branding LLC
Published Date: July 25, 2020
Book Genre: Poetry
 
 
About the Author:

Marilyn Benjamin Wassmann was born on February 29^th in a leap year and earned four degrees—two in art history, one in library science, and one in studio art.  Before retiring in 2011, Marilyn worked as an art cataloger at the Library of Congress. She has illustrated and contributed to anthologies for the Greenbelt Writers Group, and in 2010, she published a children’s book with her husband’s assistance entitled “What the Wind Blew In.” Besides drawing and painting, Marilyn writes poetry in her spare time.  She lives in Hyattsville, Maryland with her husband Paul, some fish, more than a couple of cats, and one dog.

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