Water Strider

by Karen Hofmann

Water Strider speaks of tensions, surfaces and dualities. It is about our jerky imperfect with our parents, siblings, lovers; with our pasts and our landscapes; with language, memory, and longing; and with our elusive and illusory selves. It explores the fragility of narrative and perception, the dicey boundaries that are part of love and identity, and the thin membrane between anguish and humour.

Genres: Poetry

104 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Karen Hofmann grew up in the Okanagan Valley, completed a BA and MA at the University of Victoria, and now teaches English and creative writing at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia. She lives at the edge of a former pine forest with her husband, many children and small animals, and the constant fear that she has forgotten to do something important.

Reviews

[Magdelanye · Rating 3 out of 5]

These are strong poems, with little blasts of unexpected humour.
Not all of them are about bugs.

I liked these poems, some of them I liked a lot.
My rating is therefore somewhere between 3 and 4

...Always, behind.
someone or somewhere you love
receding; ahead, somewhere you have to be.
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