The dust of just beginning
from the inside out. He has made us aware of ourselves through his
numerous volumes of poetry, his fiction, his many plays, his histories,
and his interest in heritage. In this mature, accomplished collection,
we can once again admire his unique prairie voice – minimalist,
self-effacing, direct yet subtle and nuanced, immersed in his love of
the vernacular language of this place. His line is muscular, his timing
impeccable, his sweep with so few words exemplary.
Awards
- 2010, Commended - Saskatchewan Book Award for Poetry
just beginning
11 a height of prairies
12 Billy
14 the lady gardener, Anne Szum
15 the voice of Anne
16 sun
17 the jesus poems
24 the body poems
30 the waters of life
31 what then is free?
32 the rote beads
33 the last day
34 I told you I could drive
35 Ila
36 a memory
37 oh then
38 gone large gone small
39 the dust of just beginning
for it’s love
43 love poems
48 mall
49 body poems II, the black poet
journey man
57 a fearful carnality
58 lost and found
59 my road
60 the first day
63 where are we going next year?
64 to the tax man
65 journey man
66 you dream the poem
67 tough terrain
68 mind riding
69 Blue River
we are the echo
73 kelly’s alley
74 hunting rabbits
75 on the line
76 summer south
77 Cousin Lynda
78 water boy
79 we are the echo
80 this is the day nothing happens
81 body idling over
to escape onto paper
85 into the woods
86 word off
87 victim of story
88 at the end of his fifth whiskey
89 the dead tired poem
90 the anonymous clouds
91 never start from here
92 Samuel Beckett
95 acknowledgement
96 about the author
