Creamsicle Stick Shivs - Softcover

Stiles, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1897178182 ISBN 13: 9781897178188

Publisher: Insomniac Press, 2006

Synopsis

John Stiles' first collection of poetry, Scouts Are Cancelled, explored the dialect and the dilemmas of down-home life in Nova Scotia's rural Annapolis Valley.In his second collection, the poet expands his horizons. Chronicling his movements from Canada's east coast to Toronto's self-obsessed urban core, following his heart around the world to find love and employment in England, these poems resonate with profound ideas and offbeat observations on people and place, on the variables that combine to create a person's identity, and what it means to leave, to seek, and to desire a home.Alive with Stiles' distinct linguistic charms and poetic good nature, Creamsicle Stick Shivs is a book of subtle inventiveness and undeniable roguish delight.

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In this second collection, poet John Stiles expands his lexicon...and his horizons. Chronicling travels from Canada's east coast to Toronto's self-obsessed urban core, and onward, he follows his life's love to the stunning natural beauty and local enchantments of the Brazilian countryside, and ultimately rediscovers his family's roots in England. These poems resonate with profound ideas and offbeat observations on people and place, on the variables that combine to create a person's identity, and what it means to leave, to seek, and, finally, to find a home. Alive with Stiles' distinct linguistic charms and poetic good nature, "Creamsicle Stick Shiv" is a book of subtle inventiveness and obvious roguish delight.

About this edition

• Publisher: Insomniac Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1897178182
• ISBN 13: 9781897178188
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72