Low Water Slack Product Form:Paperback / softback Prize(s): Finalist Dorothy Livesay Poetry

Prize(s): Finalist Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize (2025)

ISBN: 9780889710528

the urban and domestic is as much a wilderness as wilderness is

"Without question

With one hundred large-sized grids

Low Water Slack Product Form:Paperback / softback Prize(s): Finalist Dorothy Livesay PoetryDescription In the language of the Fraser River fishermen, "low water slack" is that particular tide when everything slows down: the wind, the river, even the human heartbeat. It is a time to reflect, to count the stars in Orion's belt, to listen for the slow creak of the heron's wings. During low water slack, the challenges of life on the river give way to something much deeper, and the fishermen find themselves in a world so calm and beautiful that