Poems for a Small Park

By E.D. Blodgett
Categories: Literature & Language Studies, Poetry
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Ebook (Kindle) : 9781771991254, 57 pages, December 2008
Paperback : 9781897425336, 56 pages, December 2008
Ebook (EPUB) : 9781897425343, 57 pages, December 2008

Description

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.

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."

- Canadian Literature