| Title | : | Going Top Shelf: An Anthology of Canadian Hockey Poetry |
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| ISBN | : | 1894384997 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781894384995 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | - |
| Publication | : | First published May 1, 2005 |
Going Top Shelf brings together for the first time in one collection some of Canada's best hockey poems and song lyrics. Included are works by such outstanding Canadian poets as Michael Ondaatje, Al Purdy, Margaret Avison, Don Gutteridge and Lorna Crozier. And for music lovers with a taste for contemporary Canadian music, this entertaining collection includes lyrics by The Tragically Hip, The Rheostatics, Kathleen Edwards, Stompin' Tom Connors, and others.
Going Top Shelf: An Anthology of Canadian Hockey Poetry Reviews
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my interests- mortality and degeneration, the role of women in hockey, a.e. housman- were all included in this collection and i appreciated it.
SOME EXCERPTS OF SOME POEMS THAT MADE ME FEEL SOME WAY:
your goalie / in his frightening mask / dreams perhaps / of gentleness
Whether November moves in the bones of a tree / or April is coral coloured with crocus / sea-shelled in a tiny garden / death comes when death comes
The scars tell the story. ... You can feel it with your fingers. Run your fingers through my hair. -
An anthology of Canadian hockey poetry and songs, and it doesn't include Tom Cochrane's "Big League"? Makes me wonder what else is missing from such an anthology...