Ark of Koans

[Front Flap]_These tiny quatrains are compressed meditations that expand in the mind to reveal glimpse after glimpse of a cosmic vision in which what happens in the world of animals resonates in the human world and in the realm of the divine. They have a kinship with cultural paradigms that reach back to a time before written language. Like the poems of Emily Dickinson and the songs of William Blake, their surprising energy is not the result of simple aggregation, but resides in and releases from the fact that the whole of Blodgett's poetic universe is present in each of its parts._ George Amabile[Back Flap]Poet and scholar E.D. Blodgett has published more than ten volumes of poetry as well as diverse criticism and literary translations. He is Professor Emeritus in Comparative Literature at the University of Alberta. He won the Governor General_s award for poetry in 1996 for Apostrophes: Woman at a Piano.The illustrator, Jacques Brault, is a Montreal poet, novelist, translator and essayist. In 1993 he won the Prix Gilles-Corbeil honouring his life_s work in French literature, and in 1998 he was awarded the Governor General_s award for Transfiguration, a bilingual renga written with E.D. Blodgett.The University of Alberta PressA volume in (cuRRents), a Canadian literature seriesPrinted in CanadaBook design: Alan BrownoffIn Canada $19.95[Back Cover]_Snake_The snake that lies in dustis silence to the eye:in its parting, a gustof silence passes by._Dragonfly_Motionless above the streama burning dragonflyhad paused as if in dreamthen melted in the sky.Blodgett, E. D. is the author of 'Ark of Koans' with ISBN 9780888644046 and ISBN 0888644043.