Refugium : poems for the Pacific / Yvonne Blomer, editor.
"While in the world of politics there are still climate change deniers, the poets watch the warming seas, the dying birds slicked in oil, the whales, the jellies, the sea otters and the octopus. They stand, as close to the shore as possible, and watch the slow turning tide. In this collection of poems from the coast of B.C., California, Washington State, to Alaska and as far away as Auckland, New Zealand and as far back as early 19th century Japan, these poems explore our connection to the Pacific, what we know and don't know, how we've already changed the shore and the sea and what we fear losing. Poets in this anthology include John Barton, Brian Brett, Bruce Cockburn, Lorna Crozier, Brenda Hillman, Gary Geddes, Steven Heighton, Patrick Lane, Arleen Paré, Melanie Siebert, Ann Simpson, Rob Taylor, Patricia Young, Jan Zwicky and many more. In "Refugium," editor Yvonne Blomer explores her deep concern with our sixth extinction and how stoic humans are continuing to wreak damage on the planet and her oceans."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781987915532 (softcover)
- Physical Description: 200 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia : Caitlin Press, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017.
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Subject: | Canadian poetry (English) > 21st century. American poetry > 21st century. Pacific Ocean > Poetry. Pacific Area > Poetry. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Salt Spring Island Public Library | 811.008 BLO (Text) | 33123009600041 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Refugium: A Conversation On Grief And The Solace Of Poetry | 16 | (2) | |
Connection: The Pacific As Part Of Our Family | 18 | (2) | |
What We Heard About The Sea | 20 | (1) | |
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What The Sea Perhaps Heard | 21 | (6) | |
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Found Poem Of Strait Of Georgia Insults | 27 | (1) | |
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Verses, The Ocean, The Tipping Point | 28 | (1) | |
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Murals | 29 | (1) | |
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Alexander Mackenzie Reaches The Pacific | 30 | (1) | |
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Origins | 31 | (1) | |
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Edgy | 32 | (1) | |
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Atkinson Light | 33 | (4) | |
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How I Envy Jellyfish | 37 | (1) | |
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Pacific Variations | 38 | (2) | |
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Wolf | 40 | (1) | |
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Man-Made | 41 | (1) | |
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Passage: Fjords & Islands | 42 | (3) | |
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Tethered | 45 | (1) | |
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Residual | 46 | (2) | |
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Brown Turban Snail | 48 | (1) | |
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Comparative Biology | 49 | (1) | |
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Ocean Child | 50 | (1) | |
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The West Strangled Sea | 51 | (2) | |
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The Young Ravens That Cry | 53 | (2) | |
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Moon Jelly | 55 | (1) | |
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Interface | 56 | (1) | |
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Rainier Twice In A Day | 57 | (2) | |
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Tent Island Anchorage, 1962 | 59 | (1) | |
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Flatlander | 60 | (2) | |
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Sinking | 62 | (1) | |
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Swimming | 63 | (2) | |
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Seeing | 65 | (4) | |
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Notes On Whale Jump | 69 | (1) | |
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Small Boat: IV | 70 | (2) | |
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My Love, The Pacific | 72 | (1) | |
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The Sea Is Not Celibate | 73 | (1) | |
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Fata Morgana | 74 | (1) | |
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Paint The Big Island | 75 | (3) | |
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Ocean's Edge | 78 | (3) | |
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Grace Harbour, Desolation Sound | 81 | (1) | |
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The Cleaner | 82 | (1) | |
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From Surge (a long poem) | 83 | (1) | |
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Argument With Captain Vancouver Over The Naming Of Desolation Sound | 84 | (4) | |
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On Dallas Road | 88 | (1) | |
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Glenairley: An Elegy | 89 | (1) | |
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Outliers Of Industry | 90 | (1) | |
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What Could Be More Alluring Than The Tides? | 91 | (1) | |
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Hook | 92 | (2) | |
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Shelter In Place | 94 | (2) | |
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Tashlik | 96 | (2) | |
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& | 98 | (1) | |
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from Lot (a long poem about growing up on Haida Gwaii) | 99 | (3) | |
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The New Jerusalem | 102 | (2) | |
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I Walk To The Beach With Jenna After Watching This Changes Everything | 104 | (1) | |
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Coal Trains | 105 | (2) | |
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Myth Explaining Some Of The Crests (Chief Mountain's Version) | 107 | (12) | |
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Holland America | 119 | (3) | |
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Rich | 122 | (2) | |
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And I Have Always Lived Close To The Sea | 124 | (2) | |
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Break Gaze | 126 | (5) | |
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Gutting | 131 | (1) | |
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False River | 132 | (3) | |
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Herring Run ( I) | 135 | (2) | |
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The Memorial Service For Whales translated Yukari Meldrum and Alice Major | 137 | (1) | |
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Pacific Ocean | 138 | (7) | |
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The Salish Sea | 145 | (3) | |
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Vortex | 148 | (1) | |
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Parrotfish | 149 | (1) | |
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At The Aquarium | 150 | (2) | |
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Three Peninsulas | 152 | (3) | |
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Once | 155 | (2) | |
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Island View Beach, Endangered Species | 157 | (2) | |
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It Begins With An Image | 159 | (2) | |
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Aristotle's Lantern | 161 | (1) | |
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Still Falling | 162 | (2) | |
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Terengganu | 164 | (2) | |
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Vanishing Point | 166 | (1) | |
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Salmon Child's River Call | 167 | (2) | |
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Close To Wonder | 169 | (2) | |
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Northern Gateway | 171 | (1) | |
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Slick | 172 | (1) | |
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Anti-Litany | 173 | (1) | |
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XCIV | 174 | (1) | |
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What Have You Done For Us Lately? | 175 | (1) | |
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The Last Sturgeon | 176 | (3) | |
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Ocean Memory | 179 | (2) | |
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Biographies | 181 | (14) | |
Notes To Poems | 195 | (1) | |
Acknowledgements | 196 | (4) | |
About The Editor | 200 |