Above Palm Canyon and Other Places in the Mind
By Per K. Brask
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Road trips from Manitoba, Canada, to Palm Springs, CA, inspire these poetic meditations by Danish-born, Canadian poet, playwright, essayist and dramaturge Per K. Brask. Composed in accessible “plain speech,” this collection of 37 poems is grouped thematically into three sections, offering a poetic travelogue of the journey and its destination ("On the Road" and "Palm Springs"), along with meditations on life at home in Winnipeg, Canada ("In Between"). Readers will enjoy the poet’s personal reflections on such offbeat locales as Fargo, ND, and Missoula, MT, as well as his meditations inspired by hikes with his wife on the trails in the Sonoran Desert around Palm Springs.
Per K. Brask
Per K. Brask is an accomplished poet, translator and author. He has published poetry, plays, short stories, essays and literary translations. His co-translation with Patrick Friesen of Ulrikka S. Gernes’ Frayed Opus for Strings & Wind Instruments was short listed for the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize.Per He lives in Winnipeg, Canada, with his wife, Carol Matas, an international bestselling author of books for young people.
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Above Palm Canyon and Other Places in the Mind - Per K. Brask
Above Palm Canyon and Other Places in the Mind
Per K. Brask
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First published in 2013 by FICTIVE PRESS, a division of 2815699 Canada Inc., British Columbia, Canada. Distributed in Canada and worldwide by FICTIVE PRESS.
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The following poems in this collection were previously published in Consciousness, Literature and the Arts Vol. 10, No. 2, in 2009: I-94 West,
Thank the Gods for Missoula,
West of Spokane,
Little Girl Racing,
Crowsnest Pass, and
Close to Home."
A Friend from Way Back When,
was previously published in Consciousness, Literature and the Arts Vol. 13, No. 1, in 2012.
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