Weathervane

by Mark Sampson

Overview

A book of poems that’s as unpredictable as the seasons that guide it, Weathervane is part eco-tourism, part domestic nocturne, and part tempest. In a shifting world, Mark Sampson resounds like a modern Zeus, advising his readers to “wear galoshes, / even if it doesn’t rain.” Weathervane is an intensely personal, alchemical debut from an accomplished new voice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781926794426
Publisher:	Palimpsest Press
Publication date:	04/15/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	80
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Mark Sampson’s poetry has appeared in This magazine, FreeFall, The Nashwaak Review, QWERTY, and Toronto Poetry Vendors, among other places. In 2012, he won The Puritan’s inaugural Thomas Morton Memorial Award for Literary Excellence in the poetry category. He has also published two novels and a collection of short stories. Originally from PEI, he now lives and writes in Toronto. Weathervane is his first poetry collection.

Table of Contents

I

Daylight Saving 11

Daylight Standard 13

Eating Outdoors 14

Dressing in Layers 15

The Two-Four Weekend 16

Blue Fog 17

An Early Poem 18

There Is No Mystery 20

Reliquary 22

North Korean Porn 24

Tableau 26

Five Guidelines For My Death 27

The Weathervane 31

II

Choosing a Mattress 35

Northumberland Strait 37

Broken Blue Pottery 39

Lighting Out, Seoul in February 40

Built Up 41

Donor 43

I Am Not Content 45

Shaking the Earth on Its Axis 46

Cautiously Pessimistic 47

Attenuate 48

Sullivan's Pond 49

Cleve 50

Job Interview 51

We Took the City 52

Vicissitudes 54

Tragedy of Stillness 56

III

Lusus Naturae 59

A Sarah Palin Palinode 61

Anthony Burgess 62

The Papier Mache Milton Acorn 66

Charlottetown 67

The Smell Above the Ring 68

A Millisecond of Gravitas 71

Halifax 72

Profiles 73

Acknowledgements 79

Author Biography 80