During John Thompson's sadly attenuated lifetime, he completed only
two volumes of poetry. At the Edge of the Chopping There Are No
Secrets and Stilt Jack (published posthumously), but seldom has
such a slim oeuvre supported such a large reputation. When John
Thompson: Collected Poems and Translations was first published in
1995, the reasons for Thompson's stature became clear, and in the
twenty years since then, his influence has only grown larger.
Thompson seeks out the darkest places of the heart, then floods
them with light. These remarkable poems evoke the deep woods, the
relentless turning of seasons that churn life into death, and back
again to life. They unflinchingly examine his relationships,
drawing out the pain and joys of domesticity. Confessionally raw,
but oblique and beautiful, Thompson's poetry -- and in particular,
his experiments in Stilt Jack with adapting the ghazal, a poetic
form with origins in Arabia -- has influenced three generations of
poets. As Peter Sanger notes in his definitive introduction, "For
many young Canadian poets, composing a ghazal sequence has become a
rite of passage, and Thompson is often addressed or alluded to as a
tutelary figure." Reissued to coincide with the twentieth
anniversary of its first appearance, this volume, edited and
introduced by Peter Sanger, now revised and updated with new
information and insights, gathers together all of Thompson's extant
mature poems and translations, including, in addition to the two
published books, poetry published only in periodicals, unpublished
poetry, and Thompson's haunting translations from several of his
French Canadian contemporaries and the great French poet Rene Char.
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