Cloud on My Tongue
- Publisher
- Ekstasis Editions
- Initial publish date
- Sep 1998
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896860121
- Publish Date
- Sep 1998
- List Price
- $12.95
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Description
Metaphysical, romantic and surreal, the poems of Cloud on My Tongue are fragrant with fresh awareness and deep insight. In language both supple and strong the poet conveys the inner essence of human and natural experience.
About the author
Richard Olafson is an editor, poet, book designer and publisher. A long-time Victoria resident, he is active in many community organizations. Olafson has published a number of books and chapbooks, among them Blood of the Moon, Cloud on My Tongue, and There Are Some So Unlucky They Do Not Even Have Bodies. He attended the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in its second year of operation and was much influenced the following year by taking classes from Warren Tallman at UBC’s English Department. He is also the publisher of the Pacific Rim Review of Books. He lives in Victoria with his family.