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  • Seed Catalogue

    A Poem

    by Robert Kroetsch ...
    Seed Catalogue is an autobiographical long poem by Canadian prairie poet Robert Kroetsch, This limited edition is illustrated with wood engravings by Jim Westergard.First published in the 1970s, Seed Catalogue is the seminal work of poetry that first gave voice to the long root in Prairie writings of the metaphor of the seed catalogue. The poem explores the actual world of history transformed into ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Too Bad

    Sketches Toward a Self-Portrait

    by Robert Kroetsch ...
    Series series cuRRents
    A prodigious body of innovative writing behind him, Robert Kroetsch turns to a starker lyrical mode in Too Bad: Sketches Toward a Self-Portrait. Oscillating between the many moods of a human heart that has lived through so much-from whimsy and scorn through desire, longing, lust, love, and serenity-these sketches mark a candid walk through the tortuous corridors of the poet's remembering, and ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Post-glacial

    The Poetry of Robert Kroetsch

    by Robert Kroetsch, Aritha van Herk ...
    Series Book 31 - Laurier Poetry
    Post-glacial is a collection of poems by Robert Kroetsch selected by his former student David Eso. The book features Kroetsch’s iconic collection, Completed Field Notes, alongside rare work gathered from different stages of Kroetsch’s career. The book contains an afterword by Aritha van Herk.Kroetsch’s poetry evolved from short lyric poetry in the 1960s to postmodern long poems in the 1970s and ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • The Hornbooks of Rita K

    by Robert Kroetsch ...
    Series series cuRRents
    The Hornbooks of Rita K, Robert Kroetsch's first volume of new poetry in more than a decade, is a brilliant collection of mysterious fragments. Where has Rita gone and who is reconstructing her oeuvre? Written with wit and playfulness, Hornbooks is a welcome new work from one of Canada's best writers. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

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    Series series Quarternote Chapbook Series
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  • Lady Luck: Born To Lose

    Lady Luck, #1

    by B. F. Goodrich ...
    Series Book 1 - Lady Luck
    SWEET ROMANCE: Though Lady Luck had more spunk than skills, she was determined not only to restore the bungalow she found, but also replace the sign above the porch, that read, "Born To Lose." She promised herself, that one day, when it looked the part, she would change its name to "Lady Luck." It was what her daddy always called her. It fit too. Poor as her family was, it never stopped them from ... Read more

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  • The Trees Witness Everything

    by Victoria Chang ...
    A lover of strict form, best-selling poet Victoria Chang turns to compact Japanese waka, powerfully innovating on tradition while continuing her pursuit of one of life’s hardest questions: how to let go.In The Trees Witness Everything, Victoria Chang reinvigorates language by way of concentration, using constraint to illuminate and free the wild interior. Largely composed in various Japanese ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Songs of Exotic Birds

    by Merle Fischlowitz ...
    Songs of Exotic Birds contains poems written over a span of sixty years, forming an arc of life and capturing moments the writers memory stubbornly cannot lose. Merle Fischlowitz also writes in the voices of others that his psychologists ear has caught at special moments or rites of passage, where irony imbues the experiences. From childhood memories to todays cyber-news, these poems invite you ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Golden Ax

    by Rio Cortez ...
    Series series Penguin Poets
    **LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY“Outstanding . . . the poetry in these pages is intelligent, lyrical, as invested in the past as the present and future with witty nods to pop culture.” —Roxane Gay, author of Hunger“I’ve never read anything like it. Truly a sublime experience.” —Jason Reynolds, author of Ain’t Burned All the BrightA groundbreaking collection about ... Read more

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  • Aaliyah and Dad Go Fishing

    by RK Simms ...
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  • A Primer on Parallel Lives

    by Dan Gerber ...
    “Dan Gerber tenderly reels his readers through the ‘beautiful movie’ he calls the passing of time on earth in a language completely unadorned and Zen-like in its quietude. The thing itself carries the weight of these poems, which recall the deep imagery of Vallejo, Neruda and Wright.”—Rain Taxi Dan Gerber is a master of layered, bittersweet imagery. In his seventh book of poems, he writes of ... Read more

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  • Love Letters from Home

    The Way of Silence, #16

    by Kate Everson ...
    Series Book 16 - The Way of Silence
    In simple things in your life are hidden values, like love letters from Home. Each one is designed to free you from negativity and liberate your soul. ... Read more

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