The last coherent thing / John Wing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wing, John, Jr., 1959- author.

Contributor:

Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian poetry.

Aging--Poetry.

Aging.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

viii, 70 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakville, Ontario : Mosaic Press, 2021.

Summary:

"John Wing has published nine previous books of poems. This tenth collection, his first in six years, is arguably his best! It is rich in quality, in thematic potency, self-reflection and literary magic! It is powerfully personal and has a deeply sensitive intimacy. John Wing's cumulative poetry works now command considerable recognition and admiration! This book is a must read! The Last Coherent Thing chronicles the death of his father, the moving away of his adult children, his own aging and medical issues, a nostalgic tour of this romanticized youth, and his hope for the days ahead. Starting in Los Angeles, sweeping back and forth across the continent and the years, and ending in Whale Lake, Nova Scotia, the Poet rediscovers his optimism in an untrammelled landscape."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Auto-Biopsy

A Broken Fever

When I Was A Boy

Medical Agendas

Houdini

Recovering Addict

The Red Suitcase

Grapevine

The Real Power

Biopsy Driving

Hiker-Gatherer

Sneaking Towards Curtain

Gone Girl

Outbuildings

To The Airport

Wildlife

The Backward Glance

The Drift

R.E.M.

Misplaced

We Are Stardust

Heretical

Dad

Travelers

Topics

Unerring

Images

The Call

Dad & Poetry

Deathbed

Father Time

Olfactory Dream

Rain Island

The Young In Vancouver

Five More Minutes

Incognito

Bad Bookstore

New Worries

Survival

DNA.

Local Notes:

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

Other Format:

Online version: Wing, John, Jr., 1959- Last coherent thing.

ISBN:

9781771615686

1771615680

OCLC:

1242061871

Publisher Number:

99988796890