Ladder to the Moon

By Douglas Burnet Smith

In his fifth book of poetry, Douglas Burnet Smith tunes his eye and ear closely to the world, conscious of those points where the everyday blossoms into fierce magic. The title sequence is a deftly-rendered homage to the work of Georgia O’Keeffe.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brick Books
• Release date: Oct 15, 1988
• ISBN: 9781771312042

Douglas Burnet Smith

Douglas Burnet Smith is the author of ten previous volumes of poetry. His most recent book is The Killed (Wolsak & Wynn). He has been nominated for the Governor General's Award and has won numerous prizes for his writing, including The Malahat Review’s Long Poem Prize. Currently he divides his time between Paris, France and Antigonish, Nova Scotia where he teaches at St. Francis Xavier University.

Book preview

LADDER TO THE MOON

Other books by Douglas Burnet Smith:

Thaw (Four Humours, 1977)

Scarecrow (Turnstone, 1980)

The Light of Our Bones (Turnstone, 1980)

Living In The Cave of The Mouth (Owl's Head, 1986)

LADDER

TO THE MOON

Douglas Burnet Smith

Brick Books-Coldstream

Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data

Smith, Douglas, 1949-

Ladder to the moon

Poems.

ISBN 0-919626-36-X

I. Title.

PS8587.M526L34 1988 C811'.54 C88-090250-7

PR9199.3.S44L34 1988

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Acknowledgements:

Some of these poems have appeared, in part or in whole, in the following magazines: Arts Manitoba, CVII, NeWest Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Northern Light, Poetry East, Prairie Fire, Sante Fe Poetry, Saturday Night. The author wishes to thank the editors of these magazines for allowing him to republish these poems here.

Cover: Georgia O'Keeffe, Ladder to the Moon.