BARELY BEARABLE. The Trials Of A Transylvanian Mountain Bear.
Fine Poetry meets Fine Art.
The barely bearable adventures of Ursus and his family of Transylvanian mountain bears. 26 tongue in cheek episodes narrated in iambic tetrameter by Tom van Menzing. Illustrated with 12 original artworks in watercolour by Peter Hintz.
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26 poems. 12 original artworks. 80 pages. 8.5” x 11”. Hardcover. Available from Amazon (ISBN 9798373938198)
Greetings from Ursus Bear
A Transylvanian mountain bear
Sends greetings to the booklover
And invites him to consider
Barely Bearable’s hardcover.
It is the planet’s singular
Piece of poetic literature
Where every line will rhyme to bear –
One thousand of them, no fewer!
Twelve artworks in water colour
Accompany the pen picture
Of four Carpathian bears and their
Barely bearable adventure.
By these, authors Tom and Peter
Invite the armchair traveller
To a secluded mountain lair
That is the home of Ursus Bear.
Meet Ursus and Ursula there,
And bear cubs Ted and Alistair.
Not to forget their adversaire,
The cunning Jäger Bollinger.
You will learn how they won their lair
From the Hungarian Emperor.
Then, in the poem “Impaler”,
You’ll find… nah, that’s a cliff hanger!
We now ask the art collector
To check the book’s interior.
And if you like it don’t defer
Your order from the publisher.
Tom van Menzing 