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In the Scaffolding
Readers and critics who warmed to the fine intelligence of his debut collection will be astonished and delighted to see how much Eric Miller has matured as a poet in the six years since Song of the Vulgar Starling first appeared in 1999. In the beautifully constructed and perceptive poems of his new collection, In the Scaffolding, Miller moves fluidly from one delight to another. Fatherhood and the imagined world of the infant, the overabundant complexity of Nature, the mind’s endless curiosity, and the inner life of birds are just some of the topics that fall under the lens of this versatile and vibrant poet.
Governor General’s Award nominee Lynn Davies says that Miller’s work shows “how words can move us into the process of recognition.” With his long, floating rhapsodic sentences and exquisite metaphorical structures, Miller has often been compared with the great Romantic poet Shelley. Certainly few writers today can match his gifts for expressive language and surprising poetic rhythms.
Eric Miller’s poetry moves fluidly from one delight to another. Fatherhood and the imagined world of childhood, the abundant complexity of nature, the habits of birds, the constantly shifting ways in which we know and see the world are just some of the themes he explores in these beautifully constructed and perceptive poems.
At times rhapsodic, at times quiet and incisive, his long, floating sentences and exquisite metaphorical structures display an expressive gift that few writers can match.
“Miller speaks in poetry. . . the words he uses, the way he connects them, is the language of a poet. . . He absorbs, ponders, then conveys his thoughts.”
– Victoria Times-Colonist
“Eric Miller’s poetry is pointedly, challengingly intellectual and philosophical. . . . Clearly, Miller’s gone to school with Don McKay and Jan Zwicky — or maybe Wallace Stevens and G.M. Hopkins . . . Miller’s unafraid to use the difficult word . . . [his] verse demands close reading, but it repays exponentially. . . In the Scaffolding sets erudition and cognition beautifully unfolding.”
– Chronicle Herald
“A remarkable new book . . . In its energetic and innovative beauty, the poetry of In the Scaffolding is worthy of the important issues it addresses . . . the poetry gives the substantiation of a deeply explored and poetically reconstituted life.”
– Books in Canada
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Dimensions:
93 Pages
8.5in * 5.5in * 0.24in
132gr
Published:
April 18, 2005
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ISBN:
9780864924254
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eng
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