Selected Poems"Robert Bringhurst may well be the poet we have all been waiting for, one who can reclaim for poetry the dignity, wit, brilliance, and wisdom it has recently appeared to have mislaid. He is without doubt a major poet, not only in the context of Canadian letters, but in that of all writing of our time."—Poetry Inspired by Eastern, pre-Socratic, and Native American art and ideas, Robert Bringhurst's Selected Poems gathers work from fifteen volumes and embodies music, ecology, mythology, and philosophy. As he writes, "When you think intensely and beautifully, something happens." Bringhurst's passion for books and words extends to the design and typography of this gorgeous volume. "Essay on Adam" There are five possibilities. One: Adam fell. The first, that he fell, is too simple. The fourth, is only an issue of whether the demons Robert Bringhurst is a poet, typographer, and linguist, well known for his award-winning translations of Haida storytellers. His manual The Elements of Typographic Style is one of the world's most influential texts on typographic design. He lives on Quadra Island, British Columbia. |
Contents
Sutra ofthe Heart | 155 |
Sunday morning | 168 |
new world suite nº 3 | 191 |
All the desanctified places | 193 |
Who Is the Fluteplayer? | 208 |
the children ofZhuang Zi confront the Frozen Saskatchewan River | 215 |
Winter Solstice cariboo mountains | 218 |
conversations with a toad | 223 |
Birds on the Water | 248 |
the Flowers ofthe Body | 250 |
Giottos Bones | 252 |
the Focal length ofFuel | 253 |
So do | 255 |
the living must Never outnumber the dead 256 At last | 256 |
For the Geologists daughter | 257 |
All Night Wood | 258 |
ursa minor | 233 |
the living | 245 |
Finch | 247 |
Index ofTitles and First Lines | 259 |
Acknowledgments | 266 |