A Fine Art of Balance
Poetry Review
As anyone who’s ever taken a course in literature knows, the two basic elements of any narrative are plot and character. Without these bare-bones elements a narrative loses its legs and collapses. Yet the hard part every writer struggles with is how to make their choices about plot and character [...]
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A Fine Art of Balance
Posted in Books, Poetry, tagged Canadian Poetry on June 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A Quiet Human Music
Posted in Poetry, tagged Canadian Poetry on January 1, 2008 | Comments Off
Poetry Review
Two Or Three Guitars: Selected Poems
by John Terpstra
Two or Three Guitars is John Terpstra’s seventh book of poems. The Governor-General nominated writer has moved far along enough in his career for this latest book to be a “selected poems” that lets his readers look back on a twenty-five year career that began with Scrabbling [...]
Posture of Unease
Posted in Poetry, tagged Canadian Poetry, Steve McOrmond on November 19, 2007 | Comments Off
Poetry Review
Primer on the Hereafter
by Steve McOrmond
Steve McOrmond opens his second collection Primer on the Hereafter with an epigraph from John Ashbery’s poem “Posture of Unease.” Ashbery says: “For all you I/Have neglected, ignored,/Left to stew in your own juices,/Not been like a friend that is approaching,/I ask forgiveness, a song like new rain./Please sing [...]
The Sadness of Life
Posted in Poetry, tagged Canadian Poetry, Halli Villegas on October 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Poetry Review
The Human Cannonball
by Halli Villegas
At its best the despair of others reminds us of the persistence of happiness. When we watch or hear of suffering we may be lucky enough to recognize that for most of us life isn’t so bad. If it’s successful, the sadness artists express soothes our nerves by reminding us [...]
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