The Essential Earle BirneyOver the course of a career spanning five decades, Canadian poet, novelist and playwright Earle Birney produced some of Canada’s best-known poems. The Essential Earle Birney contains a selection of his pivotal works, including early break-out successes; nuanced, mid-career lyrics; avant-garde experiments; and beautiful, deceptively simple love poetry. From ‘David’ to ‘Bushed’ to ‘Anglo-Saxon Street’, this indispensable collection reaffirms Birney’s position as a key figure in modern Canadian poetry. The Essential Poets Series presents the works of Canada’s most celebrated poets in a package that is beautiful, accessible, and affordable. The Essential Earle Birney is the 10th volume in the series.
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Contents
Foreword 19401951 | 7 |
David | 11 |
Vancouver lights | 18 |
Anglosaxon street | 20 |
The road to Nijmegen | 22 |
Mappemounde | 24 |
case history 1945 | 25 |
From the hazel bough | 26 |
Ellesmereland 32 Ellesmereland II | 32 |
Twentythird flight | 33 |
A walk in Kyoto | 34 |
The bear on the Delhi road | 36 |
Espolio | 38 |
Caribbean kingdoms | 40 |
Cartagena de Indias 1962 | 41 |
Epidaurus | 47 |
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