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The House the Spirit Builds
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ISBN13: 9781771622417
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Published: Mar 28 2020
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.60 Width: 7.40 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
Renowned poet Lorna Crozier offers a masterful collection of poems inspired by Diane Laundy and Peter Coffman's photographs taken in the Frontenac Arch Biosphere in Southwestern Ontario. Beginning in this setting, The House the Spirit Builds extends to include any region, any place that ignites the human mind and heart.
Something astonishing happens when the poems and photos sit side by side and speak to one another in a language that is timeless, lucid and precise: they bring us to a wisdom that might mitigate the damage we do to others and the natural world.
While acknowledging the loss and suffering that infuse our days, the poems and photographs invite us to expand our sense of wonder, our sense that all things are connected, no matter where we live.
An image of a slice of light falling across a tablecloth, a black beetle on a leaf: these poems speak of moments when the dragonfly lands and grips the skin / on the back of your hand or rain stops falling / but / hangs around / like the shape of lust / in bedsheets. The impressions and expressions vary, but remind us that if we pay attention, even the smallest things can bring us joy and remind us we are not alone in our brief sojourn on this earth.
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