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Poetry Canadian

A Cloud Edifice

by (author) Derek Robinson

Publisher
Ekstasis Editions
Initial publish date
Sep 1990
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780921215066
    Publish Date
    Sep 1990
    List Price
    $12.95

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Description

The poems in A Cloud Edifice attempt to define the line between land and sea, life and death, star and earth, song and silence. In these lyrics the poet contemplates the task of breathing a word or a world into being.

About the author

Derek Robinson is a poet of exceptional sensitivity and depth. Born in Vancouver, he moved to Victoria in 1980. His first book Child was published in 1975, followed by Twelve Poems. His work has appeared in a number of magazines. He published The Inner Shore in 1985 (a collaboration with Miles Lowry and Richard Olafson), A Cloud Edifice and most recently Still in the Dreamtime, all with Ekstasis Editions. He lives in Victoria, BC.

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