Burritt's Rapids and Beyond
Title | Burritt's Rapids and Beyond PDF eBook |
Author | Louis Contant |
Publisher | FriesenPress |
Pages | 255 |
Release | 2024-07-30 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1039169929 |
In BURRITT’S RAPIDS AND BEYOND, “whatever flows, remains.” From Winnipeg, Vancouver, Montreal, and rural Ontario, Louis Contant considers his place in the world. Fireflies, whip-poor-wills, squirrels, dragonflies, waterfalls, and the soulful notes of a sonata drift through these meditations on nature, spirituality, writing, love, family, friendship, and music. Louis’ poems inhabit sorrow and suffering yet are rich with praise, delighting in the comforts and joys of ritual and routine alongside brevity and ephemera. Whether considering the “alpine range” of Auden’s contributions to literature, the solitude of the poet, the “molded contours” of friendship, the possibility of life on other planets, or the cedar cottage sweetness of home, Louis reminds us that “what really matters is happening all the time / without us.” With humour, wit, and humbleness, Louis confronts his own mortality and celebrates human connection in an age of technology and social unrest. Playful rhymes and uncompromising narratives are accompanied by the poet’s feisty resilience and tuneful undercurrents of grace. Published posthumously, and compiled and contextualized by the poet’s wife, Wilma Brown, Burritt’s Rapids and Beyond showcases and pays tribute to the life of one wise and curious man. At its heart, this book asks what it means to truly belong to this world, to live in it with pleasure and reverence, trying not to step on any wildflowers.
Burritt's Rapids and Beyond
Title | Burritt's Rapids and Beyond PDF eBook |
Author | Louis Contant |
Publisher | FriesenPress |
Pages | 255 |
Release | 2024-07-08 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1039169910 |
In BURRITT’S RAPIDS AND BEYOND, “whatever flows, remains.” From Winnipeg, Vancouver, Montreal, and rural Ontario, Louis Contant considers his place in the world. Fireflies, whip-poor-wills, squirrels, dragonflies, waterfalls, and the soulful notes of a sonata drift through these meditations on nature, spirituality, writing, love, family, friendship, and music. Louis’ poems inhabit sorrow and suffering yet are rich with praise, delighting in the comforts and joys of ritual and routine alongside brevity and ephemera. Whether considering the “alpine range” of Auden’s contributions to literature, the solitude of the poet, the “molded contours” of friendship, the possibility of life on other planets, or the cedar cottage sweetness of home, Louis reminds us that “what really matters is happening all the time / without us.” With humour, wit, and humbleness, Louis confronts his own mortality and celebrates human connection in an age of technology and social unrest. Playful rhymes and uncompromising narratives are accompanied by the poet’s feisty resilience and tuneful undercurrents of grace. Published posthumously, and compiled and contextualized by the poet’s wife, Wilma Brown, Burritt’s Rapids and Beyond showcases and pays tribute to the life of one wise and curious man. At its heart, this book asks what it means to truly belong to this world, to live in it with pleasure and reverence, trying not to step on any wildflowers.
Burritt's Rapids, 1793-1900
Title | Burritt's Rapids, 1793-1900 PDF eBook |
Author | Ruth G. Burritt |
Publisher | Thornbury, Ont. : Conestoga Press |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Burritt's Rapids (Ont.) |
ISBN | 9780919615267 |
Burritts Rapids is located in both Grenville and Carleton counties.
The City Beyond
Title | The City Beyond PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce S. Elliott |
Publisher | Nepean, Ont. : City of Nepean |
Pages | 486 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Nepean (Ont.) |
ISBN |
Nepean City, formerly part of Nepean Township, was incorporated 24 Nov. 1978.
Building Rideau Canal
Title | Building Rideau Canal PDF eBook |
Author | Robert W. Passfield |
Publisher | |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780889027268 |
Report of the War Purchasing Commission ...
Title | Report of the War Purchasing Commission ... PDF eBook |
Author | Canada. War Purchasing Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1141 |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | World War, 1914-1918 |
ISBN |
The Medical Profession in Upper Canada, 1783-1850
Title | The Medical Profession in Upper Canada, 1783-1850 PDF eBook |
Author | William Canniff |
Publisher | |
Pages | 740 |
Release | 1894 |
Genre | Medicine |
ISBN |