The House the Spirit Builds

Diane Laundy, Peter Coffman, Lorna Crozier

Description

Renowned poet Lorna Crozier offers a masterful collection of poems inspired by Diane Laundy and Peter Coffman’s photographs taken in the Frontenac Arch Biosphere in Southwestern Ontario. Beginning in this setting, The House the Spirit Builds extends to include any region, any place that ignites the human mind and heart.

Something astonishing happens when the poems and photos sit side by side and speak to one another in a language that is timeless, lucid and precise: they bring us to a wisdom that might mitigate the damage we do to others and the natural world.

While acknowledging the loss and suffering that infuse our days, the poems and photographs invite us to expand our sense of wonder, our sense that all things are connected, no matter where we live. 

An image of a slice of light falling across a tablecloth, a black beetle on a leaf: these poems speak of moments “when the dragonfly lands and grips the skin / on the back of your hand” or “rain stops falling / but / hangs around / like the shape of lust / in bedsheets.” The impressions and expressions vary, but remind us that if we pay attention, even the smallest things can bring us joy and remind us we are not alone in our brief sojourn on this earth.

Sujets

• Nature
• Still Life
• General
• Regional
• Poetry
• Photography
• Region
• General officer

Informations

• Publié par: Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.
• Date de parution: 21 septembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 5
• EAN13: 9781771622424
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

The House the Spirit Builds
Poems by Lorna Crozier
Photography by Peter Coffman and Diane Laundy
Introduction by Rena Upitis
Text copyright © 2019 Lorna Crozier
Photographs copyright © 2019 Peter Coffman and Diane Laundy
Introduction copyright © 2019 Rena Upitis

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Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.
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Edited by Silas White
Cover and text design by Diane Robertson
Printed and bound in Canada

Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd. acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.

We also gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Government of Canada and from the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: The house the spirit builds / Lorna Crozier ; [photography by] Peter Coffman, Diane Laundy ; [introduction by] Rena Upitis.
Names: Crozier, Lorna, 1948- author. | Coffman, Peter (Peter Charles), 1961- photographer. | Laundy, Diane, 1960- photographer. | Upitis, Rena Brigit, writer of introduction.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20190133716 | Canadiana (ebook) 20190134739 | ISBN 9781771622417 (softcover) | ISBN 9781771622424 (HTML)
Classification: LCC PS8555.R72 H68 2019 | DDC C811/.54—dc23

Dedication
Dedicated to the quiet grace and beauty of the land we walk, to the Indigenous people who nurtured this place before us and to those who will continue to do so after we are gone.
Table of Contents Introduction 9 Ark 13 Nom de Plume 14 Toad 17 Who Would Sit Here? 18 Tick, Tick, Tick 21 Teacups on Windowsill 22 Photographer 25 The Sun’s Handiwork 26 Spirit Tree 29 Blessing 30 Three Oranges in a Red Bowl 33 Star Cluster 35 Key 1 36 Key 2 36 Fit 39 Mating Song 41 Sometimes a Woman 42 In the Country 45 What Does It Mean to Be Open? 46 Change the World 48 Frog 51 Black Bug 52 Is Every Poem an Elegy? 55 Sunflowers 56 Big-Toothed Aspen 59 Teachings of Water 60 Drop 63 Not Giverny, But 64 Things Are Not What They Seem 67 Breakage 68 Snowfall 71 Camera Questions 72 Glass Vase, White Table 75 A Small Ambition 77 The House the Spirit Builds 78 Prayer 80