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The unlit path behind the house / Margo Wheaton.

by Wheaton, Margo, 1963-

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McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016.

Canadian poetry -- Women authors.

Canadian poetry -- 21st century.

Hugh MacLennan poetry series.

9780773546776 (pbk.)

vi, 100 pages ; 20 cm

Some copies may be permabound.

Includes bibliographical references.

The day's an old room / stripped of its furniture; there are / never enough beds in winter. / By late afternoon, the shadows / are forming a blue inconsolable hall // as sparrows retreat to makeshift / cots of pine bark and eaves. // Even the parched marsh grass / has stilled, every blade / become an ear. Sensuous, atmospheric, and spare, poems that seek light in difficult places. In lines filled with an intense music, Margo Wheaton listens for the lyricism inside the day's blessings and catastrophes. Wheaton's poems sing at the intersections where public and private worlds collide: the steady cadence of a boy carrying an unconscious girl in his arms, the afternoon journey of a woman taking books to prisoners, the rhythmic breathing of a homeless man asleep in a parking lot. In these works, fireflies pulse in the dark, lovers clasp and unclasp, and street signs sing like Blake's angels. Deeply informed by the natural world, Wheaton's writing is marked by great meditative depth; while passionately engaged, these poems evoke a field of mystery and stillness. Whether exploring themes of isolation, spiritual dispossession, desire, or the sanctity of daily rituals, The Unlit Path Behind the House conveys our longing for home and the different ways we try to find it.

"Margo Wheaton was born in Moncton, New Brunswick and currently makes her home in Halifax where she completed a Master's degree in English at Dalhousie University. She works as a freelance writer and editor for government and non-profit organizations and has also worked as a university instructor, researcher, workshop facilitator, literacy worker, and book reviewer."--From Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia website.

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