LEADER 03763nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910964137003321 005 20240416202031.0 010 $a9786613841704 010 $a9780773586307 010 $a077358630X 010 $a9781283529259 010 $a1283529254 010 $a9780773585607 010 $a0773585605 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773585607 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104714 035 $a(EBL)3332327 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000700996 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11477247 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000700996 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10672873 035 $a(PQKB)11123059 035 $a(CEL)444012 035 $a(OCoLC)805829829 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00230171 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332327 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10577911 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL384170 035 $a(OCoLC)923236772 035 $a(DE-B1597)657850 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773585607 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/k72fgg 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332327 035 $a(Perlego)3551147 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104714 100 $a20110607d2011 uy p 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBlindfold /$fJohn Mikhail Asfour 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (106 p.) 225 1 $aThe Hugh MacLennan poetry series 300 $aPoems. 311 08$a9780773538474 311 08$a077353847X 327 $a""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""A Different World""; ""Mediterranean Eyes""; ""The Blind Shepherd""; ""Call to Mind""; ""Admitting the Light""; ""Telling Her Stories""; ""The Straw Chair""; ""Uncle""; ""Silver Threads""; ""Wings""; ""December 25th""; ""The Intruder""; ""A Sunday in June""; ""Blindfold""; ""The Cutting Edge""; ""Surgery""; ""Ultimate""; ""Anticipation""; ""A Shot in the Paper""; ""Reflections""; ""Booting the PC""; ""Confined Kisses""; ""Did Not Own Up""; ""Beyond Belief""; ""In the Metro""; ""The Interview""; ""The Curtaina???s Down""; ""Division of Labour""; ""Etched on the Mind"" 327 $a""Falling-Out""""Black Hole""; ""Eggs""; ""Morning Coffee""; ""Oblivious""; ""At Fifty-Five""; ""Passing Desires""; ""Repudiation""; ""Second Hand Love""; ""Short of History""; ""Waiting""; ""Casual Hand Shake""; ""We Only Meet in a Poem Now""; ""Acknowledgments"" 330 $aA sense of exile and belonging dominates the poems, following the journey of a blind man whose life in his new land has been hampered by prejudice and barriers to communication. Exposing the rich and surprising possibilities of a life that has undergone a frightening transformation, Blindfold relates feelings of loss, displacement, and disorientation experienced not only by the disabled but by everyone who finds themselves separated from the norm. Silver Threads He recalls the absence of sound, the impossible silence the disappearance of light. He is only aware of the movement of his mother's hand inside her purse, looking for her handkerchief. He recalls her warning not to play with unknown objects the type that explode on impact. Later, he lies in the dark remembering how she pointed out the silver threads of the morning light just the day before and he sparkles with guilt. 410 0$aHugh MacLennan poetry series. 606 $aBlindness$vPoetry 615 0$aBlindness 676 $aC811/.54 700 $aAsfour$b John$01811390 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 852 0$3Thumbnail cover image:$uhttp://celarc.ca/covers/444/444012.jpg 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910964137003321 996 $aBlindfold$94363235 997 $aUNINA