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    Charm
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    Charm

    By Christine McNair

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    Winner of the 2018 Archibald Lampman Award

    A charm can protect, inflict or influence. Charm, the second collection by poet Christine McNair, considers the craftwork of conception from a variety of viewpoints--from pregnancy and motherhood, to how an orchid is pollinated, to overcoming abusive relationships, to the manual artistry of carving a violin bow or marbling endpapers.

    Through these poems, McNair's poetic line evolves as if moving in a spellbound kaleidoscope, etched with omens, fairytales, intimacy's stickiness, and the mothering body.



    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookhug Press
    Release dateJun 6, 2017
    ISBN9781771663199
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      Charm - Christine McNair

      9781771663182.jpg

      first edition

      copyright © 2017 by Christine McNair

      all rights reserved

      No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      The production of this book was made possible through the generous assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. BookThug also acknowledges the support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit and the Ontario Book Fund.

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      McNair, Christine, 1978–, author

      Charm / Christine McNair. — First edition.

      Poems.

      Issued in print and electronic formats.

      ISBN 978-1-77166-318-2 (softcover)

      ISBN 978-1-77166-319-9 (HTML)

      ISBN 978-1-77166-320-5 (PDF)

      ISBN 978-1-77166-321-2 (Kindle)

              I. Title.

      PS8625.N33 C53 2017 C811’.6 C2017-900738-6

      C2017-900739-4

      For Rose and Aoife

      Something gathers up

      the fragments, and

      nothing is lost.

      – Fourcrois’ Chemistry

      Contents

      copyright

      dedication

      epigraph

      the problem of orchids

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      materia

      materia prima

      intention

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      fret

      all kinds of quiet

      trench

      fatalism

      upon a time

      sweetness

      to fret thy soul with crosses and with cares

      river left wanting

      frenzy

      advanced mourning

      reel

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