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Bruce Meyer's forte is to delve into the interconnectedness of our
relationship with the physical and the spiritual. He is a poet
channeling the music and suffering of the human experience and,
beyond that, the spiral of cultivation and destruction that
sustains and endangers humankind. His poems are daring and
artistically defying, composed with gravitas, powerful mindfulness,
and reverence. His voice is mutable, each stanza like a window onto
a multidimensionality that opens itself to both complexity and
clarity. "Testing the Elements" touches on themes such as bullying,
growing up, maturity, age, love, and nature; it is poetry that is
memorable and speaks to the human spirit about what it means to
live and endure in the world.
Chronicling the struggle to put into words the horrors, insights,
and tribulations that ultimately shaped a nation's character, this
new/expanded edition (based on the original edition of 2001)
presents both the major and "unknown" Canadian voices of World War
I. Also contains a Preface, Foreword, Introduction, Afterword,
Biographies, "Tommy's Dictionary of the Trenches" (A Lexicography),
A Glossary, Selected Bibliography, and Questions for Discussion and
Essays.
A poet who skillfully manages lines both long and short to create
narratives and lyric diction as she composes universes of elegance,
raw sorrows, and the joys of human existence. 'Zhao Si is a poet of
the infinite. She perceives enormous questions - the structure of
the universe, the way in which time expands and contracts, and the
realms of quantum physics and Hawking cosmos - in the same breath
as she watches a beggar outside a subway station, a woman riding a
bicycle through rain, or a homeless man with skin maladies. A keen
observer of what exists right before her eyes, Zhao Si is
constantly reminding her reader that the macrocosm exists in the
microcosm, that what is visible in the finite is also to be
perceived in the infinite if we are willing to open our eyes.' -
from Bruce Meyer's Introduction.
The banquet that is daily life is celebrated in this accessible
compilation of poems that comprises the poet's 12th collection,
illustrating the loves, joys, and fears of the human race. The
featured pieces explore the various things people consume--whether
in the form of food or everyday experience--expressing the
universal idea of "bread" in the form of poetry. Providing unique
insights into what is otherwise overlooked, this series of poems
delves into the simplest relationships and observations, offering
sustenance for the emotions, psyche, and soul.
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Cry Havoc (Paperback)
W Redvers Dent; Edited by Bruce Meyer
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R649
R533
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One Sweet Moment
Bruce Meyer
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R392
Discovery Miles 3 920
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There are moments in life that a poignant and memorable. Such brief
glimpses of understanding are what make life worth living. In One
Sweet Moment, Bruce Meyer recalls his childhood, honours poets who
have made those instances of insight meaning, recalls the artists
who have attempted to capture them in their work, and recalls the
grief and joy of living. Life, Meyer tells us, is the sum of many
moments from the bittersweet to the joyful, and in poems that are
memorable moments in their own right, continues to explore the
experience of being alive.
With the world facing the greatest global crisis of all time –
climate change – personal and political indifference has wrought
a series of unfolding complications that are altering our planet,
and threatening our very existence. Reacting to the warnings
sounded by scientists and thinkers, writers are responding
imaginatively to the seriousness of changing ocean conditions, the
widening disappearance of species, genetically modified organisms,
increasing food shortages, mass migrations of refugees, and the
hubris behind our provoking Mother Earth herself. These stories of
Climate Fiction (Cli-fi) feature perspectives by culturally diverse
Canadian writers of short fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and
futurist works, and transcend traditional doomsday stories by
inspiring us to overcome the bleak forecasted results of our
current indifference.
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