P.K. Page

Poem Canzonic with Love to AMK

"Poem Canzonic With Love To AMK" is a complex and beautiful poem written with a painter's eye."

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Colophon: A new poetry broadside. "Poem Canzonic With Love To AMK" is previously unpublished. It is printed on a 11" x 17" broadside of handmade deckled paper made with cotton, cedar, copper flakes and P.K. Page's fuchsia linen handkerchief. Four stanzas, eleven lines each - this poem is hand set in 14 pt Italian Old Style with ligatures. A "seven colour suicide linocut" with underlying organic shapes in blues and coppers floating around the border - created by Peter Haase. Each broadside was printed on a Vandercook SP-15 and hand-rolled through the press 8 times. Backed & shrinkwrapped. Limited numbered & signed edition of 65, published in December 2001.

About the Author: P.K. Page is a widely respected Canadian writer and painter and author of many books of poetry & prose. Recipient of the Order of Canada and the Govenor General's Award for Poetry she has inspired many young writers on their journey. She was shortlisted for 2003 Griffin Poetry Award.

Edition: Limited edition of 65.

ISBN: 1-896949-22-3

Year: 2001.

Price: $155 CND plus $10.00 shipping

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"The sky is prussian blue, no, indigo
with just the merest hint of ultramar.
I am not painting it, so what care I?
And yet, I do care, deeply, as if life
depended on my skill to mix that blue.
Not my life only—your life, damn it!—our
whole planetary life:
the life of beetle, and ichneumon fly
plankton, crustacean, elk and polar bear
the delicate veined leaf
that blows against an enigmatic sky."

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