A prodigious body of innovative writing behind him, Robert Kroetsch turns to a starker lyrical mode in this book. Oscillating between the many moods of a human heart that has lived through so much - from whimsy and scorn through desire, longing, lust, love, and serenity - these sketches mark a candid walk through the tortuous corridors of the poet's remembering, and exemplify the rehearsed dictum of an old teacher: 'Every enduring poem was written today.' Simply put, 'This book is not an autobiography. It is a gesture toward a self-portrait, which I take to be quite a different kettle of fish' - Robert Kroetsch, from the Introduction.
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