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Donlan, John.
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Canadian poetry -- British Columbia.
Canadian poetry -- 20th century.
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Donlan, John.
Canadian poetry -- British Columbia.
Canadian poetry -- 20th century.
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Green man : poems /
John
Donlan
.
by
Donlan
,
John
.
Ronsdale Press, 1999.
Call #:
819.16 D684g
Subjects
Canadian poetry -- British Columbia.
Canadian poetry -- 20th century.
ISBN:
0921870663
Description:
82 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
For thousands of years the image of the Green Man - foliage sprouting from his mouth to symbolize humanity's unity with the natural world - has survived in European civilization. Invoking this spirit,
John
Donlan
counsels: "Wear the earth as if it were your skin." He writes of how "the wind's voice, translated through the low/hiss of pine needles, says, 'You belong.'" But the wisdom of the Green Man is not easily won.
Donlan
's poems, each recording the date of its completion, and published in the order in which they were written, constitute a kind of spiritual diary, a history and science of feeling. The first half of the book, structured in quintets, chronicles the struggle for self-understanding and personal growth. Destructive impulses insinuate themselves when least expected: "One voice says, 'Watch your step' and one says 'Slip'." While seeking to embrace the ancient wisdom of the Green Man,
Donlan
knows that we must confront the bleakness of modern life, and consequently the second half of the volume is rooted in Vancouver's East Side, where "clearcuts metastasize into neighbourhoods." Throughout, however,
Donlan
's imagery and cadenced language feeds our "hunger/for the beauty of the world." Despite the holocaust being wreaked on the natural world,
Donlan
's Green Man is written "against despair." A native of Baysville, in Ontario's Muskoka region,
John
Donlan
has previously published two poetry collections: Domestic Economy (1990) and Baysville (1993). He is a reference librarian with the Vancouver Public Library and a poetry editor with Brick Books.
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Canadian poetry.
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