 [ Large Image ] | The Bard of the Universe Dennis Lee 2007 / Poetry / $5.95 9781554470488 / Pamphlet / 32 pp Edition is out of print The Devil’s Whim Occasional Chapbook Series: No. 19 Our latest Devil’s Whim chapbook contains nine poems by one of Canada’s most celebrated poets, Dennis Lee. The series includes a plan for the preservation of birdsong, a ballad about a problem, an exaggerated caution against exaggeration, an encounter with a longwinded storyteller in a public washroom, and the fate of an ant who tries to help a highfalutin elephant. Combining whimsical rhymes, ballad metre and tales to suit a variety of perspectives on the world, from insect to bird’s eye, The Bard of the Universe evades the usual assignment of readership according to age. |
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