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Book SynopsisThe second full-length collection from sonneteer and formalist poet Catherine Chandler, Glad and Sorry Seasons brings together new suites of poems--on grief, recovery, the deadly sins, and the virtues of faith, hope, and love--to meditate on those polarities of light and dark, joy and sorrow, that illuminate and cloud our lives by turn. With subjects ranging from Alzheimer's to Edward Hopper's Automat, in handsomely crafted stanzas and metres, and including translations from Quebecois and Latin American poets, Glad and Sorry Seasons is a stunning and learned offering from a poet unmistakably committed to form. Waiting For the man in the Intensive Care Unit waiting room, Hopital Notre-Dame, Montreal, June 2012 Some nights I've seen a slice of silver slink across this room I now call home, above my makeshift bed--a rickety chair beside the snack machine. Close by, the elevators whirr and beep. I cannot, dare not, drift asleep, let down my guard, inviting shoulder taps, a whispered Sir, or dreams of her once-vivid eyes that stare & stare & stare, dull, distant, hard. Thus I will will her through another day. Make crazy compromises. Pray.
Trade Review"I'm still in awe of the sheer beauty of this sumptuous collection that looks and feels as if it had been born this way, rather than made at all! The book is a delight, full of humour and pain and wisdom. Cathy Chandler is a marvel."--Rhina P. Espaillat "Extremely rewarding ... the voice of a natural poet. Metrical poetry comes as easily to her as plain speech does to others. It is her native tongue."--Angle "Chandler boasts a strong collection of poetry that presents an argument for a return to older poetic forms to further explore the experiences of women and women writers in the present." Philip Miletic, Canadian Literature
Table of ContentsCONTENTS: Part I: Give Sorrow Words Coming to Terms Two Poems of the Sea I. The Dawning II. To a Minor Goddess The Flying Moment Vinegar Tree O The Measure of Their Days The Crag Intervals Part II: Driving Back Shadows On a Line from Millay A Fieldstone Fence Haiku The Ovenbird Breva Bequeathal November Winterbourne Part III: The Oldest Sins SALIGIA: Seven Deadly Sonnets: I. Superbia II. Acedia III. Luxuria IV. Invidia V. Gula VI. Ira VII. Avaritia Part IV: With Mirth and Laughter Sonnet Love The Bard All These Words A Mother’s Kyrielle When Prayer on December 26th Rush Hour Sonondilla She In Retrospect Part V: A Smack of All Neighbouring Languages French: Romantisme québécois: Pamphile Le May: My Childhood Home Louis-Honoré Fréchette: Niagara Louis Dantin: The Stars Albert Lozeau: It’s Raining Émile Nelligan: The Passerby Spanish: Modernismo hispanoamericano: María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira: The Mysterious Star Delmira Agustini: The Wonderful Boat Gabriela Mistral: The Sonnets of Death (I) Alfonsina Storni: Inheritance Juana de Ibarbourou: Rebel Part VI: Glad and Sorry Seasons The Lost Villages: Inundation Day Upheavals Heartwood The Red Beads Ragbag Beach Dogs Críonnacht Waiting Edward Hopper’s Automat Notes
