Gillian Wigmore
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Poetry. A polyphonic hymn to Northern British Columbia by one of its boldest, most exciting writers. ORIENT is the third collection from one of Wester
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n Canada's most accomplished poets. Composed mainly of three long poems--an extended meditation on the connection between man and fish, the lament of a big-souled cowboy poet looking up from rock bottom, and a historical envisioning of an intimate relationship between a pioneer and a powerful crone--ORIENT leaps, sings, burrows down, and ORIENTs the reader within its rich ecosystem. The appeal of these poems lies partly in their blend of humility (the open-minded approach), in their force (the taut style, the original vision) and in an astonishing boldness. Wigmore is a 'poet of place' in the best sense: "about the big picture."
I had a job and then I didn't
but once I spoke a tavern sermon
that came to me in darkness
and men I knew who crossed the street
who shunned me in daylight
they wept
and that's something
--from "tavern"
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