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Poems for a Small Park

by (author) E.D. Blodgett

Publisher
Athabasca University Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2008
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897425336
    Publish Date
    Dec 2008
    List Price
    $19.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781897425343
    Publish Date
    Dec 2008
    List Price
    $19.99

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This collection by well-known Edmonton poet, E.D. Blodgett, is an ode to the wisdom and divinity of silence. The poet muses on the quiet of the outdoors and the mysterious relationship that exists between spaces of silence within a city's limits.

Most of the short lyrics that make up this sublime collection were written first in English and French before being translated into Cree, Michif, Chinese, and Ukrainian to reflect Edmonton's multicultural past and present. Together they form a composite view of the people and culture that inhabit the city's natural spaces.

About the author

 

Poet and scholar, E.D. Blodgett has published seventeen books of poetry two of which were awarded the Governor General’s Award. He is an Emeritus Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Alberta. His research has varied from mediaeval European romance to Canadian Comparative Literature and his publications include Five-Part Invention: A History of Literary History in Canada (2003) and Elegy (2005).

Harold Coward is Professor Emeritus and the past director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria where he continues to be involved as a research fellow.

 

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Editorial Reviews

"E.D. Blodgett's poems strive for stillness. The book reads like a meditation--a quiet moment in a yoga studies or a walk through the park at sunrise--refreshing, but also temporal."

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