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list price: $13.95
edition:Paperback
category: Poetry
published: Sep 2002
ISBN:9780921870999
publisher:
Ronsdale Press
Description
Laura Lush's new collection of poems is nature poetry at its strongest and most insightful, the images connecting to give voice to our many uncertainties as we creep further into an already darkening twenty-first century. With an unwavering eye, Lush focuses on the spiritual tenacity needed to make our way through difficult times. Lush's sharply drawn images make us aware that winter braces the soul, enlivening the instinct for life as we turn to face the cold wintry blast. "Winter,"she says, "teaches us to love the long / liturgies of ice, the sudden stopping of water / before the black flock of birds / lifts blindly off the pond." For Lush, to understand nature is to know how to die and, therefore, to live.
Contributor Notes
Laura Lush lives in Toronto where she has been teaching English as a Second Language in the School of Continuing Studies at the University of Toronto. Prior to this, she taught business English to Japanese Engineers in Japan for four years. She has a MA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Calgary. She also attended the Banff Centre's May Studio, where she won the Bliss Carman Award for Poetry in 1987. Lush's first book of poetry, Hometown, was nominated for a GovernorGeneral's Award in 1992. She has read in many venues across Canada, including the 1994 Vancouver International Writers Festival. The First Day of Winter is her third book of poetry and the first two sections of the work tied for second place in the 2001 CBC Literary Awards. Her first collection of fiction, Going to the Zoo, was published by Turnstone Press.
