Poems Bayeaux, Deborah Miller's Calgary-based publisher, is justly enthusiastic about her latest book - easily the poet's best collection yet.
"Landing at Night" is one of those satisfying collections that - if you're like Levitated Apples - you keep on the desktop to nourish your humanity, easily and often.
FROM THE RICHLY COMIC TO THE ACHINGLY DESOLATE ...
"The strong tight poems," suggests the publisher, "explore what happens when we find ourselves negotiating, unprepared and vulnerable, dark and previously unknown territories.
With a remarkable range of voice, these poems move seamlessly from the richly comic to the most desolate feelings, from the personal to the social, as Miller examines the discovery of sex, motherhood, losing parents, rediscovering sex, ageing, engaging with life, running away, and finally coming to terms with, and embracing, life's multi-faceted tragi-comic craziness.
ONE OF CANADA'S BEST POETS.
It would be a poor reader who was not moved to both tears and laughter when reading these accessible and emotionally powerful poems from a poet whose work is constantly deepening in texture and ranging more widely in subject and feeling.
This is a remarkably accomplished collection, which should put Deborah Miller squarely in the ranks of Canada's best poets."
To visit the Poems Bayeaux website, go to: www.bayeuxpoetry.com
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