Mining for Sun - Couverture souple

Reibetanz, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1894078071 ISBN 13 : 9781894078078

Editeur : Brick Books, 2000

Synopsis

John Reibetanz is good on grief: You, mother, / dying, left what was hard first: / bones weeping into/ / your veins like flutes, teeth/ vanished on some hospital/ lunch tray This conjunction of a profound sense of loss with the clearest-eyed observation and acceptance of the entropy of the mundane is characteristic. His poetry has a cultural breadth seldom seen in Canadian writing. He sees the pageantry of the Bayeux tapestry with the eyes of a rural quilter, whose son died beneath a tractor, who would focus on the spear - strayed from the main design -/ / that takes a wide-mouthed Tabourer aback, / and recognize the pain/ of someone caught in the wreck/ of a vast, wayward machine.

His lucidity and eloquence have earned the praise of such celebrated poets as Richard Howard and Richard Wilbur. But it is always the heart's music which most informs his poetic craft: and that is what keeps it true.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Reibetanz lives in Toronto and teaches at Victoria College. His poems have appeared in such magazines as Poetry (Chicago), The Paris Review, Canadian Literature, The Malahat Review, and Quarry. His previous collections, Ashbourn and Morning Watch, were published in the Signal Editions series of Véhicule Press. He was a finalist for the 1995 National Magazine Awards.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brick Books
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1894078071
• ISBN 13: 9781894078078
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
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• Personne responsable: non disponible