There Are Not Enough Sad Songs

by Marita Dachsel

There is beauty
in the teacup
like dresses
requiring crinoline
or beaded purses
too small to carry
anything but anger.
-- from "Inheritance"

Marita Dachsel's third poetry collection explores parenthood, love, and the grief of losing those both close and distant. In the tradition of Karen Solie and Suzanne Buffam, and with a touch of Canadian Gothic, Dachsel's poetic skills unfold in a variety of brief and expansive forms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1772124524
• ISBN13: 9781772124521
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up