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  • Dear Almost

    A Poem

    Series series Barataria Poetry
    Dear Almost is a book-length poem addressed to an unborn child lost in miscarriage. Beginning with the hope and promise of springtime, poet Matthew Thorburn traces the course of a year with sections set in each of the four seasons. Part book of days, part meditative prayer, part travelogue, the poem details a would-be father’s wanderings through the figurative landscapes of memory and imagination ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • String

    Series series Barataria Poetry
    A book-length sequence of poems, Matthew Thorburn’s String tells the story of a teenage boy’s experiences in a time of war and its aftermath. He loses his family and friends, his home and the life he knew, but survives to tell his story. Written in the boy’s fractured, echoing voice—in lines that are frequently enjambed and use almost no punctuation—String embodies his trauma and confusion in a ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Grace of Distance

    Poems

    Series series Barataria Poetry
    In The Grace of Distance, his poignant, far-traveling new collection of poems, Matthew Thorburn explores the ways in which we try to close the distances we experience in modern life—between doubt and faith, between cultures, between ourselves and those we love. He seeks to name, and find, that elusive, essential sense of connection humanity hungers for. In one poem, a boy places a bell in the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Farm Animals for Kids: Amazing Pictures and Fun Fact Children Book (Children's Book Age 4-8) (Discover Animals Series)

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    by Betty Johnson ...
    Series Book 2 - Discover Animals
    Pictures books are the best way to teach your children on nature. In this case, this picture book with introduce your child to farm animals.This book uses simple words to describe various farm animals and at the same time uses cartoons to illustrate the lessons. This book is suitable for children age 4 to 8.If you are looking for a fun fact children's book that your kid will enjoy and learn at the ... Read more

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    by Max Lucado ...
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  • Prelude to Bruise

    by Saeed Jones ...
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  • I Knead My Mommy

    And Other Poems by Kittens

    by Shamini Flint ...
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  • The True Names of Birds

    by Sue Goyette ...
    Nominated for the 1999 Governor General's Award for Poetry, the 1999 Pat Lowther Award and the 1999 Gerald Lampert Award and Globe 100 book for 1999 The True Names of Birds is the first book-length collection from a voice that has captured the attention of Canadian poetry readers for the last half-dozen years. Deeply centred in domestic life, Goyette's work is informed by a muscular lyricism. ... Read more

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