Failure to Thrive

by Suzannah Showler

Poetry of ambivalence, humour, and doubt that belies a kind of optimism

Dumpster fires outside discount stores and rotting whale carcasses; optical illusions and memento mori--all "coming to you direct, / by way of this Rube Goldberg machine." Failure to Thrive zigzags through excess, taking in the big picture through the lens of a pinhole camera. These poems ask us to lean into our senses, to "spend time loitering, slipping coins...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1770412026
• ISBN13: 9781770412026
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Misfit Book
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"