Shortlisted for the 1993 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize "...One of the finest poetry books of the year." -Books in CanadaHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John Pass's poems have appeared in magazines and anthologies in Canada, the US, the UK, Ireland and the Czech Republic. He is the author of nineteen books and chapbooks, most notably the quartet AT LARGE, comprised of The Hour's Acropolis (Harbour, 1991), Radical Innocence (Harbour, 1994), Water Stair (Oolichan Books, 2000)--shortlisted for the Governor General's Award--and Stumbling in the Bloom (Oolichan Books, 2005)--winner of the Governor General's Award. His most recent collection, crawlspace, published by Harbour in 2011, won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2012. He lives with his wife, writer Theresa Kishkan, near Sakinaw Lake on BC's Sunshine Coast.
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Contents It amused us those mornings woken early to discover names and invent decidedly human capacities for the animals, birds landmarks, light breezes and the astounding variety of plants. So we grew into our lives godlike, with gods as companions and the origins of science our whim. A shivery, silky suddenness, delicious thrill of recognition surprised us in everything till aging who could quibble with what had been so vivid now almost transparent, our daring assumptions faded in the old books to headings, attic definition emphatic of a precipitous sadness we had no stomach for, no means to divine. It 11 Amused Us 12 Those Mornings 14 Woken Early 15 To Discover 16 Names 17 And Invent 19 Decidedly 20 Human Capacities 22 For the Animals 24 Birds 2 5 Landmarks, Light 27 Breezes And 29 The Astounding 31 Variety 32 Of Plants 33 So We Grew 36 Into Our Lives 39 Godlike 40 With Gods 41 As Companions 43 And the Origins 45 Of Science 46 Our Whim 48 A Shivery, Silky Suddenness 49 Delicious 50 Thrill of Recognition 51 Surprised 54 Us In Everything 55 Till Aging 56 Who Could 58 Quibble 60 With What Had Been 61 So Vivid 63 Now Almost 64 Transparent 65 Our Daring 67 Assumptions 68 Faded 70 In the Old Books 71 To Headings 72 Attic Definition 73 Emphatic 76 Of a Precipitous Sadness 77 We Had No Stomach For 78 No Means 80 To Divine 81
Contents It amused us those mornings woken early to discover names and invent decidedly human capacities for the animals, birds landmarks, light breezes and the astounding variety of plants. So we grew into our lives godlike, with gods as companions and the origins of science our whim. A shivery, silky suddenness, delicious thrill of recognition surprised us in everything till aging who could quibble with what had been so vivid now almost transparent, our daring assumptions faded in the old books to headings, attic definition emphatic of a precipitous sadness we had no stomach for, no means to divine. It 11 Amused Us 12 Those Mornings 14 Woken Early 15 To Discover 16 Names 17 And Invent 19 Decidedly 20 Human Capacities 22 For the Animals 24 Birds 2 5 Landmarks, Light 27 Breezes And 29 The Astounding 31 Variety 32 Of Plants 33 So We Grew 36 Into Our Lives 39 Godlike 40 With Gods 41 As Companions 43 And the Origins 45 Of Science 46 Our Whim 48 A Shivery, Silky Suddenness 49 Delicious 50 Thrill of Recognition 51 Surprised 54 Us In Everything 55 Till Aging 56 Who Could 58 Quibble 60 With What Had Been 61 So Vivid 63 Now Almost 64 Transparent 65 Our Daring 67 Assumptions 68 Faded 70 In the Old Books 71 To Headings 72 Attic Definition 73 Emphatic 76 Of a Precipitous Sadness 77 We Had No Stomach For 78 No Means 80 To Divine 81
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