Against the hard angle : poems / Matt Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Matt, 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian poetry.

Canadian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (74 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : ECW Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Part extended love song to a city and part meditation on those who live there, this collection-consisting primarily of one long poem and a selection of shorter pieces-offers a stop-and-start lyrical tour of Halifax, eastern Canada's largest urban center.

Contents:

Front Cover; Copyright; Table of Contents; I. WHAT THE REST OF US WOULD CALL FALLING; against the hard angle; it's now, he thinks, we lie in it; quarter-year triptych; II. TOEING THE SLACK-ROPED NARROWS; rotary; roundabout; historic properties & the like; grand parade, halifax; citadel hill; sea wall, york redoubt; perhaps you can't go home again; the old bridge; inland, from the ocean; study: willow tree, traffic; public gardens, post-storm; terminal; the new bridge, reconsidered; last call at the midtown; the grain elevators; acknowledgements; Back Cover

Notes:

"Misfit".

ISBN:

9786612614651

9781282614659

1282614657

9781554909155

1554909155

OCLC:

638859967