Kategoria BISAC: Poetry >> Canadian - General

Since the beginning of his poetic career in the 1990s, derek beaulieu has created works that have challenged readers to understand in new ways the possibilities of poetry. With nine books currently to his credit, and many works appearing in chapbooks, broadsides, and magazines, beaulieu continues to push experimental poetry, both in Canada and internationally, in new directions. Please, No More Poetry is the first selected works of derek beaulieu.

As the publisher of first housepress and, more recently, No Press, beaulieu has continually highlighted the possibilities for...

Civil Elegies is Dennis Lee's uncompromising exploration of citizenship, both Canadian and human. Eli Mandel has called Civil Elegies one of the most important contemporary books of poetry in our country. It was the winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry in 1972. This edition features a new introduction by noted academic Nick Mount, who places this important collection in the context of Canadian literature and Lee s career.

"A rich collection of poetic images from a debut author." - "Kirkus Reviews"

Meditative, playful and strange, the poems in "Counterfeit Skin" blend three distinct identities.

There are observational poems, deeply aware of lineage and history, friendship and family, travel and inhabitance, and the struggle to be a self tugged in many directions. Then there are poems by an often awestruck lover, who spurs the imagination on to confess love as a cephalopod but also fears what's unsayable in love, what love forgets to say until it's too late. Finally, there are poems that marvel at...

Autumn on Pender The blueberry bushes have turned a deep red, The maples, a golden hue, And rays from the sun cast their warm, mellow light, On the sparkle of morning dew. The roadside resembles a rich fall bouquet, A feast for the travelling eye, And my heart vibrates to the thrill of the morn, As I go meandering by.

Like a well loved song, the cadence of words in rhyme find their way into the heart, invoking feelings and emotions. Whether the poem is about nature, about joy or despair, about relationships or personal revelations, Heartdates II provides a link that connects us all....

"In An Artist's Model and Other Poems, " preferring to portray his model-a woman with whom he has fallen in love-in words rather than in paint, author David J. Murray off ers an extended hymn of praise to her, expressing unresolved yearning throughout.

Following a prologue setting the scene, he presents her with four gifts, each consisting of a set of twelve poems. Th e fi rst set of poems describes what it's like spending Christmas without her; the second set of poems compares her to the Greek goddess Athena; the third set of poems likens her to a ballerina; and the fourth set of...