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OverviewNaked Trees is a meditation on urban trees. It explores the life and death of these trees and the people who live with them. We see the trees through the eyes of a child, who finds her tree friendly and inviting, or view the tree's life through the thoughts of a leaf, promised flight, but denied it by the capricious wind. Terpstra finishes the collection with a section on varieties, composed of poems on individual tree types such as prunus serotina and utility pole. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Terpstra , Wesley BatesPublisher: Wolsak and Wynn Imprint: Wolsak and Wynn Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.10cm Weight: 0.159kg ISBN: 9781894987653ISBN 10: 1894987659 Pages: 86 Publication Date: 01 April 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsNaked Treesis finely grained, thoughtful prose poetry with only a few decorative knots, and the woodcut illustrations by Wesley Bates fit the text like a well-glued joint in your best furniture. - The Chronicle Herald He tells of towering white oaks along the QEW and the black walnut trees of Hamilton, discusses the beauty and functionality of utility poles, and the joy of creating a work of art from black cherry wood. - The Globe and Mail Naked Trees is a journey to be taken and re-taken, like a favourite path or street revisited. Perhaps the best way to read it is to embrace it as an invitation?a call to look more closely at the trees you encounter, in all environments and seasons. - Hamilton Arts Council Naked Treesis finely grained, thoughtful prose poetry with only a few decorative knots, and the woodcut illustrations by Wesley Bates fit the text like a well-glued joint in your best furniture. - The Chronicle Herald He tells of towering white oaks along the QEW and the black walnut trees of Hamilton, discusses the beauty and functionality of utility poles, and the joy of creating a work of art from black cherry wood. - The Globe and Mail Naked Trees is a journey to be taken and re-taken, like a favourite path or street revisited. Perhaps the best way to read it is to embrace it as an invitation?a call to look more closely at the trees you encounter, in all environments and seasons. - Hamilton Arts Council Author InformationJohn Terpstra has published seven books of poetry, including the CG-nominated Disarmament and the Bressani Award-winning Forty Days & Forty Nights. Most recently he published The Boys, Or, Waiting For the Electrician's Daughter, which was shortlisted for the Charles Taylor Prize and the BC Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. John Terpstra lives in Hamilton, Ontario, where he works as a writer and cabinetmaker. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |