Times Covenant: Selected Poems

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Bringing together all of the poems from Eric Ormsbys five previous collections alongside a healthy selection of previously unpublished poems, this volume collects the work of one of the most important poets writing today in Canada or elsewhere. Beautifully crafted, both complex and delicate, intelligent, sensuous and playful, these are poems to return to repeatedly.Times Covenantis the volume to acquire if you find Ormsbys work to your liking. none of his poems is without merit. Quarterly ConversationThe lyrics, as great poems are apt to be, are so rich and complex as to defy summation. Simultaneously concrete and abstract, optimistic and pessimistic, prayerful and irreverent, truthful and deceiving, Ormsbys creations are singular, layered, and exciting.Canadian LiteratureWhile some may find Ormsbys more ambitious sequential work (such asAraby) a little difficult,Times Covenantrepresents the best of all possible worlds: a gorgeous book picking out the best of the best from his considerable oeuvre, as well as a convenient introduction for those who may have missed his work to this point.Globe and Mail