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xi, 139 pages ; 22 cm Ormsby's new work is here presented together with a generous selection from two previous volumes published in Canada, Bavarian Shrine and Other Poems and Coastlines. In this earlier material, the poet delights in celebrating the hidden life in everyday objects: a twisted nail, a seashell, a roadside weed, the human body itself. Revealing the mystery and amazement contained in the quotidian, Ormsby's poetry has always been able to transmute the humblest object by virtue of his stunning gift for metaphor and his opulent exuberance of language. This is a poet whose verse rewards both the head and the heart, who can discover entire galaxies in a scrap of lichen, who can locate an entire lifetime of submerged emotion in the touch of an old woman's hand Series statement on jacket Quark Fog -- Gazing at Waves -- What It Is Like to Be a Bat -- The Ant Lion -- An Oak Skinned by Lightning -- Rooster -- A Crow at Morning -- Flamingos -- Anhinga -- Turtle's Skull -- Coastlines -- Mutanabbi in Exile -- Mutanabbi Praises the Prince -- Mutanabbi Remembers His Father -- The Caliph -- Origins -- Gravediggers' April -- Hand-painted China -- Spider Silk -- The Suitors of My Gran

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Author

Eric Linn Ormsby

Publisher

Coach house press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802116079

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities

Rating

4.5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14