In the Lights of a Midnight Plow

by David Hickey

Overview

The poems of David Hickey's first collection, In the Lights of a Midnight Plow, glitter and startle. His is a writing deftly musical, where every detail and image has been carefully weighed, honed with a knife's edge and poet's ear to fit just so. The subjects are diverse, though his aim, always, is true: whether writing about nature, farming or domestic concerns, there is intelligence, beauty, humour and originality. Most importantly, there is language, the sparkle and sheen of it, the rhythm, all of which tells us that a new and important voice is at work here.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781897231098
Publisher:	Biblioasis
Publication date:	07/28/2006
Pages:	78
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

David Hickey: David Hickey grew up on Prince Edward Island, in western Labrador, and along the north shore of Quebec. A past recipient of the Milton Acorn Prize and the Ralph Gustafson Prize for Poetry, his work has appeared in magazines and journals across Canada an the United States. An avid runner and back yard astronomer, he now lives and works in Fredericton.

Editorial Reviews

"The images are not abstract but terse and evocative, with a verbal polish like that of wooden farm implements long used by hand."—Good Reports

"Hickey’s poetry is not only light on its feet, but rich in substance."—Western News

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