The essential Margaret Avison / selected by Robyn Sarah.

Author/creator Avison, Margaret
Other author Sarah, Robyn.
Format Book
Publication InfoErin, Ont. : Porcupine's Quill, ©2010.
Description63 pages ; 23 cm.
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Subjects
Canadian poetry.

Uniform titlePoems. Selections
SeriesEssential poets ; 6
Essential poets (Erin, Ont.) ^A1041139
Contents Always now: the collected poems (volume 1) -- The butterfly -- Winter sun -- Snow -- Jonathan, O Jonathan -- The world still needs -- All fool's eve -- Hiatus -- November 23 -- New year's poem -- The swimmer's moment -- September street -- Watershed -- Thaw -- Mordent for a melody -- Always now: the collected poems (volume 1) -- The typographer's ornate symbol -- The dumbfounding -- Pace -- Twilight -- In a season of unemployment -- July man -- A nameless one -- Many as two -- A story -- The dumbfounding -- sunblue -- Oughtiness ousted -- Hid life -- Slow advent -- Released flow -- Cement worker on a hot day -- Scar-face -- A lament -- No time -- Noted, foundered -- Power -- Loss -- Crowd corralling -- Not yet but still -- Lit sky and foundered earth -- Poring -- Concrete and wild carrot -- Balancing out -- Always now: the collected poems (volume 3) -- Sad song -- Momentary dark -- Finished when unfinished -- Prayer of anticipation -- En route -- Poetry is -- Listening : last poems -- Still life -- Metamorphosis -- Safe but shaky.
Abstract The Essential Margaret Avison showcases the development of one of Canada's most brilliant and original poets, twice winner of the Governor-General's Award for Poetry. Margaret Avison's vibrant life work is distilled here into a selection that is illuminating, generous and richly varied.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 63).
LCCN 2010530041
ISBN9780889843332 (pbk.)
ISBN0889843333 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR9199.3.A92 A6 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold