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The Infinite Park
By Peter Unwin
Occurring in the rooms and corridors where life is lived, these poems emerge from the spaces behind the sofa cushion where things get lost, and in the bedroom where people inhale and exhale together. The Infinite Park documents the ways each day comes undone, and celebrates the ... Read more
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Occurring in the rooms and corridors where life is lived, these poems emerge from the spaces behind the sofa cushion where things get lost, and in the bedroom where people inhale and exhale together. The Infinite Park documents the ways each day comes undone, and celebrates the tireless minute-by-minute heroics required to put it back together. Honouring the labours of love and confusion, these poems pursue a language of the commonplace, of memories that are kept in boxes, of the family bed where the cats and kids gather, and where words spoken and the warm presence of loved others become indistinguishable from the day.
With his second collection Peter Unwin further develops a verse the Malahat Review praised for its “sardonic clarity . .. forever tempered by a deeper caring. ” These pages vibrate with moments in which life’s fullness is found in its seemingly empty and random places, and spoken in a language of plain necessity.
Peter Unwin
Peter Unwin is the author of eight previous books, including his latest novel Searching for Petronius Totem, as well as many short stories, essays and poems. His 2014 story collection Life Without Death was shortlisted for the 2014 Trillium Book Award, and his poetry collection When We Were Old, was a Relit Award finalist. He is currently completing a PhD in the Humanities at York University.
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- Dimensions 120 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 x .40 in
- Published April 26, 2021
- Publisher Cormorant Books
- Category Poetry
- Keywords Canadian , Family , Modern & Contemporary Poetry (c 1900 Onwards) , Poetry By Individual Poets
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