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IN THE ARC WELDER?S BLINDING LIGHT IBD

WET INK BOOKS
08 / 2022
9781989786741
Inglés

Sinopsis

The poems from this fine collection remind us that 'nature enables and culture denies'.áThey deal with professions and trades lost to most contemporary humans.áThe last blacksmith of the village joins the casket maker, the milkman, the traveling salesman,áthe TV repair man, the elevator operator,áthe mill worker, the night soil man, and the home guard all of whom teach us to attend to our own times, and to how we are shaped and formed by the experiences we have in childhood and how as those experiences vanish into the mist our past becomes, in the words of the prize winning title poem:... a voice you canâÇÖt hearthough itâÇÖs clear that the voice is your own In the closing words of his introduction Lee writes:... well as for me, I was born taking my first breath in the eternal and ever-present peril of total annihilation from thermo-nuclear war.áAccording to my mother my first words were 'Howdy Doody' and my final words, at least for now, 'I donâÇÖt know what that means ...'------------------áJohn B. Lee is a master of metaphor and powerful surges of feeling.áItâÇÖs always a pleasure to see a Lee poem I havenâÇÖt encountered before.áHe is the premier Canadian poet of his generation.Don Gutteridge, poet and novelistJohn B. Lee is the greatest living poet in English.áHe sows everyday experiences with a timeless gravity and awe.George WhippleIf you ever doubt the value of daily writing, just read this master craftsman of finding and maintaining his own voice.áJohn B. LeeâÇÖs lines flow smoothly from one fresh new metaphor to the next.Bernice Lever

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