Compact of Words

by Rob Mclennan

A Compact of Words, Canadian poet Rob McLennan's fifteenth trade poetry title, comes out of a series of reflections on domestic matters - a break-up, his daughter - influenced by the ghazal form as brought into Canadian literature through the American ex-pat John Thompson in the 1970s. Through disparate leaps, the lines write as much between them as the words themselves, writing out a clear and present labyrinthine voice that goes beyond even what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1907056114
• ISBN13: 9781907056116
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Salmon Poetry
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.9" x 7.8"