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| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Governor General's |
| Literary Awards: | / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général for Poetry (2010) |
Richard Greene
Hardcover | Pages: 99 pages Rating: 3.63 | 16 Users | 6 Reviews
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| Title | : | Boxing the Compass |
| Author | : | Richard Greene |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 99 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2009 by Signal Editions |
| Categories | : | Poetry. Cultural. Canada |
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A poetry collection of mid-life reassessments that also makes room for the martyrdom of Saint Polycarp, tone-deaf church choirs, the last of the Newfoundland whalers, and vividly remembered Portuguese fishermen. Spiritually searching and intellectually rich, Richard Greene’s third book —which ranges from intimate to ironic to satiric —shuns easy answers in poems of unfashionable eloquence comprised of colloquial textures, clear-eyed narratives, political subtexts, and no-nonsense introspection.Rating Based On Books Boxing the Compass
Ratings: 3.63 From 16 Users | 6 ReviewsAssessment Based On Books Boxing the Compass
Half way through that really long poem I realized that I was going to like it after all. Not sure if it was me or the poem that took a while to catch on to that.
In Boxing the Compass, Greene's voice reminds me, at times, of Whitmana fairly sensitive, gentle-hearted white man. His subjects often veer far more religious than Whitman. At times l appreciated his willingness to show his spiritual vulnerability, but at other times I felt like he expected me to understandlike he assumed I was a Christian too.
Richard Greene seems drawn to the sea. He writes about whalers and blue water fisherman. Since he's Canadian living near Toronto, his compass points east to the shores of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. The people who populate his poems row in dories. They lean into sharp winds on slippery decks. But Greene's compass also points south. In the longest poem in the book, "Over the Border," he describes a long trip by train and bus to Austin and Washington, D. C. His verse in this section is mostly
Some strong poetry here - especially the long poem "Over the Border." Won the GG award.
As in Dave Margoshes' Dimensions of an Orchard, Richard Greene's latest collection is a re-examination of ways of being in the world, of love and spirituality and decline.Boxing the Compass (Vehicule Press, 80 pages, $16), which won the 2010 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry, spans 20 of the Cobourg, Ont., poet and prof's life.Given that it includes poems from his two previous titles, Boxing the Compass could almost be dubbed a selected-poems. But you'd never know unless you'd read
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