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Poetry Canadian

Last Child to Come Inside

by (author) M. Desbarats

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Nov 1998
Category
Canadian, General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773581562
    Publish Date
    Nov 1998
    List Price
    $110.00

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These are poignant, at times strangely quirky entries into a world filled with sharpness, the sense of imminent danger, and a sensual urge that seems to sweep all danger before it. the border between exterior and interior life is diffuse. One can find oneself in unexpected places. Two little girls in yellow dresses who are never seen again, Jesus and Elvis vacationing in Bermuda, a town after the fair has gone, women showering after a swim, Picasso becoming a red velvet dress: these are just a few of the images conjured in Michelle's first collection. There is also the expressed silence of what is not known, nor brought to light a darkness that this poet loves and that has often been the reason why she is the last child to come inside.

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