Description
"Still producing at the height of his powers" is a cliche that rarely applies as well as it does to George Bowering's recent output. In Could Be: New Poems, gathering work since his close call five years ago, Bowering shows off a wiser, though not necessarily mellower, aspect alongside the wit and unerring ear readers have come to expect from one of our greats.
Glad to be alive, these are poems that look out into the world with fresh eyes, curious as any young poet's. Only now the shadow of mortality finally takes its proper place alongside life's many other sources of magic and wonder. Sunlight and warmth suffuse these poems, formally spanning short lyric verse, "found" stuff, and a long poem ("Sitting in Jalisco"). Rewarding attention as always, with Could Be George Bowering adds to a substantial body of work.
About the author
George Bowering
George Bowering, Canada’s first Poet Laureate and co-founder of the avant-garde poetry magazine TISH, was born in the Okanagan Valley.
A distinguished novelist, poet, editor, professor, historian and tireless supporter of fellow writers, Bowering has authored more than eighty books, including works of poetry, fiction, autobiography, biography and youth fiction.
In 2002, Bowering was recognized by the Vancouver Sun as one of the most influential people in British Columbia.
In 2011, he received the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence in British Columbia.
Other titles by George Bowering
Good Morning Poems
a start to the day from famous English-language poets
Soft Zipper
Objects, Food, Rooms
Writing and Reading
Essays
if wants to be the same as is
Essential Poems of David Bromige
No One
Some End / West Broadway
10 Women
A Short Sad Book
The Dad Dialogues
A Correspondence on Fatherhood (and the Universe)
