Field guide to the lost flower of Crete / Eleonore Schönmaier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schönmaier, Eleonore, author.

Series:

Hugh MacLennan poetry series

The Hugh MacLennan poetry series

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xi, 123 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago: McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Island reality is interconnected with live-retrieved memories in which a nurse follows a violent patient into the northern Canadian bush, a migrant mother faces her new job as the village butcher, an Ojibway man is forced to walk a dangerous route home alone, teenagers loot the local dump to build their mother's wheelchair, and an electrician watches a woman play a grand piano on a ballfield. A (re)creation of the surreality and altered time within deep states of grieving, Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete juxtaposes sorrow with fragmentary unapologetic joy. Eleonore Schönmaier forges compelling symphonic resonances between European musical encounters and a northern working-class childhood. By centring her experiential empathy on a history of racism and poverty, she guides us into better ways of being. Intimate reflections are contrasted with geopolitical and environmental concerns as Schönmaier's fierce intelligence focuses on what is most essential in our lives. The arc of this collection offers a rejuvenating meditation on the meaning of loss and love, highlighted by the lyric beauty of the writing. Eleonore Schönmaier is the award-winning author of Dust Blown Side of the Journey and Wavelengths of Your Song. She divides her time between Canada and Europe."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

As the Sand Lines Our Pockets p. 3

Entwined p. 5

Slowly p. 6

Ferry p. 7

Bed p. 8

Shoulders p. 9

Tasting the Fallen Sky p. 10

Vision p. 12

Full Moon p. 13

Parameters of Loss p. 15

Wheels p. 17

Afloat p. 20

Touching p. 22

Fabric p. 24

The Railing p. 25

In the New p. 27

The Dumb Waiter p. 29

Sisters p. 32

Compose p. 33

Garden p. 35

Her Forehead p. 38

Motion Pictures p. 39

Anthie in Flight p. 42

Lemon Tree p. 43

Turquoise p. 44

Island p. 45

Rows p. 47

Pink p. 48

"it didn't happen here" p. 50

Whiteout p. 52

Epicentre p. 54

Iron Maiden p. 56

Harness p. 58

Gold p. 60

Back to Where They Came From p. 61

Labyrinthitis p. 63

Inner p. 64

At the Ends of the Earth p. 66

Nectar p. 67

Circular p. 68

Fish Camp p. 69

Diving p. 71

Multitude p. 72

Sleepless p. 73

Branches p. 75

Variations for a Deer and a Rustle p. 78

Touchstone p. 79

Remember p. 81

Hunger p. 82

Sand p. 83

Strangers p. 84

Glyphs p. 86

Waiting p. 87

Bottling p. 89

Home p. 91

Quinzhee p. 93

Sky p. 94

Open p. 95

Outstretched Arms p. 96

Tongues p. 97

So Much Remains Invisible p. 98

Johnny on the Spot p. 100

Beethoven and the Doorbells p. 102

Through Thin Walls p. 104

Applause p. 106

Instrument of Troubled Dreams p. 107

Softly p. 109

Outside the Lamplight Circle p. 110

Lake p. 113

Chocolatier p. 114

Variations for a Harp and a Feather p. 116

Anthie's House p. 117.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Schönmaier, Eleonore. Field guide to the lost flower of Crete.

ISBN:

9780228005810

0228005817

OCLC:

1201657337