Been Shed Bore

by Pearl Pirie, Rob Mclennan (Editor)

Ottawa poet Pearl Pirie’s been shed bore, her first trade poetry collection, follows years of a small voice gaining in strength, and in volume, through so much subtle activity and quiet disconnect that by the time she was noticed, she was already everywhere, and already a confident voice. In a poetry built on the strength of play, Pirie’s writing moves at the speed of sound, slipping up against silence. The poems in the collection are eccentric and perceptive. It is an examination of nation telescoping from the immediate macro view and the distance after historical calm. The combination of landscape poems and plunder makes for an original take on our world.

Genres: Poetry

79 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 2010

About the author

Fourth Collection footlights (Radiant Press)

My third collection, the pet radish, shrunken (book*hug, 2015) won the Lampman Award.

author site:
www.pearlpirie.com

I'm most active on twitter as pesbo.
See also patreon.com/pearlpiriepoet
and instagram.com/PearlPiriePoet

on vimeo: https://vimeo.com/29603462
a 2012 reading from Thirsts, been shed bore and Mammals of Hoarfrost at Poets Live in Paris. Fellow readers with Peter Hughes and Bonny Finberg.

Reviews

[Deborah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pearl Pirie's words live on in the mind long after you've read them. She is an exceptional writer, one who creates a fierce impact on the reader, an impact that lets them know they are in the presence of a wild and beautiful imagination. Her poems are complex and playful, demanding and worthwhile, endowed with wisdom and wonder equally.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

i'm enjoying, not just the marvelous sounds, but the tension and the depth of meaning brought out in such a unique way. tell all the truth but tell it slant says Emily Dickinson

more here:
http://amandaearl.blogspot.com/2010/1...