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Brad Cran''s highly anticipated second book of poetry, Ink on Paper, is a compelling collection of political poems that seek to elucidate our relationships with our surroundings as well as those who surround us. Cran, former Poet Laureate for the City of Vancouver, masterfully constructs images held in contradictory tension, as in his civic poem, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Grey Whale and Ending with a Line from Rilke:

 And there you were
 below the mountains
 in the heart of the city
 gazing at the grey whale.
 You must change your life.

Cran''s poems are a fresh, provocative examination of urban culture, the natural world and issues of social justice, told with keen awareness and a gritty poetic precision.

Ink on Paper

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    A Paperback / softback by Brad Cran

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      Publisher Nightwood Editions
      Published 28 March 2013
      ISBN-13 9780889712812
      978-0889712812
      ISBN-10 0889712816

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Brad Cran''s highly anticipated second book of poetry, Ink on Paper, is a compelling collection of political poems that seek to elucidate our relationships with our surroundings as well as those who surround us. Cran, former Poet Laureate for the City of Vancouver, masterfully constructs images held in contradictory tension, as in his civic poem, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Grey Whale and Ending with a Line from Rilke:

       And there you were
       below the mountains
       in the heart of the city
       gazing at the grey whale.
       You must change your life.

      Cran''s poems are a fresh, provocative examination of urban culture, the natural world and issues of social justice, told with keen awareness and a gritty poetic precision.

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