Shimmers of light : new and selected poems

"This extensive collection of work dating from the 1970s to the present day showcases the author's long and illustrious literary career. Currie's poems powerfully evoke the reality of prairie life, with a frequent focus on the hard exteriors men and boys are expected to present to the world, despite the swarm of doubt and conflict roiling inside them. The characters who populate these poems are subject to difficult weather, internal and external,...