Fierce Departures: The Poetry of Dionne Brand

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgements From No Language Is Neutral Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1998 No language is neutral There it was anyway, some damn memory half-eaten Pilate was that river I never crossed as a child I walk Bathurst Street until it come like home But wait, this must come out then In another place, not here, a woman might touch From Land to Light On Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1997 V i V ii V iii V iv V v V vi From thirsty Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2002 III XII XIII XV XVII XVIII XXX From Inventory Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2006 III One year she sat at the television weeping nothing personal is recorded here Acknowledgements / 39 what confidences would she tell you then she’s heard clearly now, twenty-three beating on the tympanic bone, by suicide bomb At least someone should stay awake, she thinks and bones beatific, sharpened with heat, at least “It is worst during the night there’s another life, she listens, each hour, each night If they’re numb over there, and all around her she’ll gather the passions of women till then / where are the packages of black pepper she is a woman who is losing the idea 40 / Acknowledgements This page intentionally left blank Books in the Laurier Poetry Series Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press Dionne Brand Fierce Departures: The Poetry of Dionne Brand, edited by Leslie C. Sanders, with an afterword by Dionne Brand • 2009 • xvi + 44 pp. • isbn 978-1-55458-038-5 Di Brandt Speaking of Power: The Poetry of Di Brandt, edited by Tanis MacDonald, with an afterword by Di Brandt • 2006 • xvi + 56 pp. • isbn-10: 0-88920-506-x; isbn-13: 978-0-88920-506-2 George Elliott Blues and Bliss: The Poetry of George Elliott Clarke, edited by Jon Clarke Paul Fiorentino, with an afterword by George Elliott Clarke • 2008 • xviii + 72 pp. • isbn 978-1-55458-060-6 Dennis Cooley By Word of Mouth: The Poetry of Dennis Cooley, edited by Nicole Markotić, with an afterword by Dennis Cooley • 2007 • xxii + 62 pp. • isbn-10: 1-55458-007-2; isbn-13: 978-1-55458-007-1 Lorna Crozier Before the First Word: The Poetry of Lorna Crozier, edited by Catherine Hunter, with an afterword by Lorna Crozier • 2005 • xviii + 62 pp. • isbn-10: 0-88920-489-6; isbn-13: 978-0-88920-489-8 Christopher Children of the Outer Dark: The Poetry of Christopher Dewdney, Dewdney edited by Karl E. Jirgens, with an afterword by Christopher Dewdney • 2007 • xviii + 60 pp. • isbn-10: 0-88920-515-9; isbn-13: 978-0-88920-515-4 Don Earthly Pages: The Poetry of Don Domanski, edited by Brian Domanski Bartlett, with an afterword by Don Domanski • 2007 • xvi + 62 pp. • isbn-10: 1-55458-008-0; isbn-13: 978-1-55458-008-8 Louis Dudek All These Roads: The Poetry of Louis Dudek, edited by Karis Shearer, with an afterword by Frank Davey • 2008 • xx+ 70 pp. • isbn 978-1-55458-039-2 M.Travis Lane The Crisp Day Closing on My Hand: The Poetry of M.Travis Lane, edited by Jeanette Lynes, with an afterword by M.Travis Lane • 2007 • xvi + 86 pp. • isbn-10: 1-55458-025-0; isbn-13: 9781 -55458-025-5 Tim Lilburn Desire Never Leaves: The Poetry of Tim Lilburn, edited by Alison Calder, with an afterword by Tim Lilburn • 2007 • xiv + 50 pp. • isbn-10: 0-88920-514-0; isbn-13: 978-0-88920-514-7 Don McKay Field Marks: The Poetry of Don McKay, edited by Méira Cook, with an afterword by Don McKay • 2006 • xxvi + 60 pp. • isbn-10: 0-88920-494-2; isbn-13: 978-0-88920-494-2 Al Purdy The More Easily Kept Illusions: The Poetry of Al Purdy, edited by Robert Budde, with an afterword by Russell Brown • 2006 • xvi + 8o pp. • isbn-10: 0-88920-490-x; isbn-13: 978-0-88920-490-4 ...