Ride The Blue Roan
- Publisher
- Turnstone Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1988
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780888011312
- Publish Date
- Jan 1988
- List Price
- $8.95
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Description
The poems in Ride the Blue Roan demonstrate the same simplicity and craft as a hand-made instrument. Without affectation, but with open intensity, Weier crafts poems of life fully lived.
About the author
John Weier (born in 1949) has published over a dozen books, including six major collections of poetry. Weier grew up in Manitoba and then lived in Niagara on the Lake, before returning to Winnipeg. He is Past President of the League of Canadian Poets. He was a major player in the formative years of the Literary Press Group, Access Copyright, and Canadian Book Information Centre. For many years a professional luthier, he now has a career as a counselor and mindfulness teacher. Known for his birdwatching mastery, he has logged over 3,400 species of birds.
