Thrillows & despairos : poems / Chris Chambers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chambers, Chris, 1963- author.

Contributor:

Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

66 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Thrillows and despairos

Place of Publication:

Hamilton, Ontario : Buckrider Books, [2015]

Summary:

Like Frank O'Hara in New York, Carl Sandburg in Chicago or Raymond Souster in Toronto, Chris Chamber is a city poet. But he is a nature poet, too. In these pages, Toronto is equal parts nightlife and wildlife, crucible and chrysalis, a vessel in which things smoulder and transform. What would Toronto look like through the lens of a visionary Polish filmmaker? How does a city dream? These poems are generous with imagery and verve. They speak lovingly about their connection to a place, and in their whimsy and good nature, ascend to the universal. Book jacket.

Contents:

Original Thought 4

May 1st 7

A Lot of Things 8

Dave Cook 10

Crow 12

Ventilator 14

Ladybug 16

House of Flies 17

Gull, Forsythia 19

In My Tree 21

Good Old Daze 21

Go Ask Alice 24

Summer Poem 25

Mexico City 26

Pigeon 28

Pigeon: Two 30

Gerald 31

Name the Fish at Work Contest 32

Over/Fishing 33

Autumn p.m. 34

Visiting Ours 36

Canada Goose: 3 Questions 37

Florence 38

Hourglass 40

The Great Jeffs of Insomnia 42

Wood Dove 45

Stranger Here 46

Haiku Champ of Southeastern Etobicoke 48

Here is Me 50

"Cigars!" 51

Getting Started 52

Pickup 54

Hamlet II 55

Winter Poem 58

Kieslowski's Toronto 60.

Notes:

Poems.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

ISBN:

1894987985

9781894987981

OCLC:

902919565

Publisher Number:

99963575354