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Loading... 77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin: Poemsby Thomas King
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Timely, important, mischievous, powerful: in a word, exceptional Seventy-seven poems intended as a eulogy for what we have squandered, a reprimand for all we have allowed, a suggestion for what might still be salvaged, a poetic quarrel with our intolerant and greedy selves, a reflection on mortality and longing, as well as a long-running conversation with the mythological currents that flow throughout North America. No library descriptions found. |
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The poems in this slim book reflect King's concern about the environment but also his sense of humour. Some of the poems are quite short; others cover two pages. At number 45 the poem reads:
Go back
and read the first
forty-four fragments
again.
I'll wait.
So I did.
I'll be holding onto this book to remind me of 2020. (