High Marsh Road

High Marsh Road, a finalist for the 1980 Governor General’s Award and a beautiful example of bookmaking, is now back in print. High Marsh Road is a signficant step in the century-long artistic tradition of the Tantramar region, begun by Charles G.D. Roberts and continued by Alex Colville, John Thompson, and Lochhead himself.

The book consists of 122 poems marking daily walks over the windblown marsh. Along with minute particulars of the marsh itself, its weather, and its birds and animals, High Marsh Road is an intimate account of a man’s exploration of nature and the self.

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Short-listed for the 1980 Governor General’s Award for poetry, High Marsh Road is a cycle of poems that reflects the moods of the great Tantramar marsh. Continuing a century-long artistic tradition begun by Charles G.D. Roberts, Douglas Lochhead has written a sequence of 122 poems marking his daily walks across this windblown terrain. Combining acute observations with personal reflections about the world beyond, High Marsh Road is an intimate account of one man’s exploration of nature and the self.
“His most outstanding poetry ever . . . a very daring book.”
Dalhousie Review

“A book to read and re-read with pleasure.”
Canadian Literature

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High Marsh Road, a finalist for the 1980 Governor General’s Award and a beautiful example of bookmaking, is now back in print. High Marsh Road is a signficant step in the century-long artistic tradition of the Tantramar region, begun by Charles G.D. Roberts and continued by Alex Colville, John Thompson, and Lochhead himself.

The book consists of 122 poems marking daily walks over the windblown marsh. Along with minute particulars of the marsh itself, its weather, and its birds and animals, High Marsh Road is an intimate account of a man’s exploration of nature and the self.

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Dimensions:

136 Pages
7in * 8in * 0.4in
228gr

Published:

April 01, 1996

Publisher:

Goose Lane Editions

ISBN:

9780864921925

Book Subjects:

POETRY / Canadian

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Language:

eng

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