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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828084003321

Autore

Robinson Matt <1974->

Titolo

Against the hard angle [[electronic resource] ] : poems / / Matt Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, : ECW Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-61465-7

9786612614651

1-55490-915-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (74 p.)

Disciplina

C811/.6

Soggetti

Canadian poetry

Canadian literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Misfit".

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Copyright; Table of Contents; I. WHAT THE REST OF US WOULD CALL FALLING; against the hard angle; it's now, he thinks, we lie in it; quarter-year triptych; II. TOEING THE SLACK-ROPED NARROWS; rotary;  roundabout; historic properties & the like; grand parade, halifax; citadel hill; sea wall, york redoubt; perhaps you can't go home again; the old bridge; inland, from the ocean; study: willow tree, traffic; public gardens, post-storm; terminal; the new bridge, reconsidered; last call at the midtown; the grain elevators; acknowledgements; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Part extended love song to a city and part meditation on those who live there, this collection-consisting primarily of one long poem and a selection of shorter pieces-offers a stop-and-start lyrical tour of Halifax, eastern Canada's largest urban center.