Full Description
Despite his amply deserved reputation as the father of Southwestern Ontario Gothic, James Reaney was one of the most playful and buoyant Canadian poets publishing in the 1940s and '50s. "The Essential James Reaney" presents an affordable, pocket-sized selection of the poet's very best work.
Contents
'Poems 1945-49' in Poems (1972) The Antiquary A Prayer The Gramophone Antichrist as a Child The Red Heart (1949) Dark Lagoon The Chough The Plum Tree The Sundogs The Katzenjammer Kids Klaxon Lake Superior 'Poems 1951-60' in Poems (1972) The Ghost The Baby The Windyard Doomsday, or the Red Headed Woodpecker A Suit of Nettles (1958) Invocation to the Muse of Satire From January From June From August From October 'Poems 1960-65' in Poems (1972) Near Tobermory, Ontario The Alphabet Twelve Letters to a Small Town (1962) The Bicycle Shakespearean Gardens To The Avon River above Stratford, Ontario From The Dance of Death at London, Ontario (1963) Performance Poems (1990) From A City in Greenland From Footnotes & Podiatry Souwesto Home (2005) The Fan The Duck 'White Grumphies, white snow' Don Quixot de la Verismo Elderberry Cottage From Brush Strokes Decorating a Fan
