Calliope
- Publisher
- Libros Libertad
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2011
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781926763132
- Publish Date
- Jun 2011
- List Price
- $17.00
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Description
Calliope illustrates the rich emotional complexity found in instances – the choice moments of life from bliss to darkness, that convey the eccentricities, vulnerabilities and strengths of human existence.
About the author
Shirley Camia is a broadcaster and journalist, born in Winnipeg to first-generation Filipino immigrants.
She has published three books of poetry including The Significance of Moths. Her work has been featured in North American publications such as The New Quarterly, CV2, TAYO and the Winnipeg Free Press, and the anthology, My Lot is a Sky, from Math Paper Press in Singapore. Born in Winnipeg, Shirley has lived across Canada, the Philippines, Japan and Kenya. She is currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Excerpt: Calliope (by (author) Shirley Camia)
Taking Notice
the footsteps of the neighbours upstairs
heavy tired pregnant
a day's worth of work
measured in thuds
the laminate
scratched
as the cat tears past
babble from a one-year old
she drums on the kitchen table
rat-a-tap-tap the chorus goes
before she drops her spoon
and cries
Editorial Reviews
This graceful collection takes the reader through a wonderfully vivid series of thoughts and moments that linger with a welcomed ease while at the same time revealing the often cold sobriety of raw human experience. It is the type of work we should demand of all our artists: honest and intelligent, and at all times beautiful. Shirley Camia is an exciting new talent.
Joe Cummings, Canadian poet and broadcaster
