Billeh Nickerson is a Vancouver-based poet well-known across Canada for his playful, witty observations on sex and culture. In Impact, his third poetry collection from Arsenal, Billeh turns his attention to a more serious subject that has fascinated him ever since he was a child: the sinking of the Titanic.
Published on the 100th anniversary of the disaster (which occurred on the night of April 15, 1912), Impact is an intimate and evocative poetry collection that depicts the tragedy in a series of poetic snapshots. Based on historical research the author conducted in Belfast and his birthplace of Halifax, the poems document not only the history behind the ship's construction, but what life must have been like for those aboard her maiden voyage and in the years following her sinking. While many readers are familiar with the various myths surrounding the ship and its sinking, this book offers a new, startlingly sensitive perspective with poems that take readers inside the hearts and minds of its passengers.
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C811/.6
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9781551524429 9781551524436
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- PR9199.3.N4976
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- I57 2012eb
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- 1 electronic text (93 p.)
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Table of Contents
- THE LOST WORKER 13
- HARLAND AND WOLFF 14
- THE HATS 15
- THE RIVETING SQUAD THE HEATER BOYS 16
- THE RIVETING SQUAD THE CATCH BOYS 17
- THE RIVETING SQUAD THE HOLDER-ONS 18
- THE RIVETING SQUAD THE RIVETERS 19
- GOOSE BUMPS 20
- A GIANT ELM TREE 21
- BELFAST MAY 31 1911 22
- THE CLOTHESLINE 23
- JENNY THE CAT 27
- HER PASSENGERS 28
- SELECTED PROVISIONS 30
- CAPTAIN SMITHS BEARD 32
- THE SWIMMING POOL 34
- THE FOURTH SMOKESTACK 35
- THE DISTANCE POOL 36
- THE IMPENDING DOG SHOW 37
- A YOUNG BOYS SPINNING TOP 38
- IMPACT 41
- THE PROGNOSIS 42
- THE BARBER 43
- THE BOY IN LIFEBOAT NO. 14 44
- THE WISHING WELL 46
- EDITH EVANS 48
- THE PIANO PLAYER 49
- EPIPHANY 50
- STEWARD JOHNSTON 51
- SOMEONES LUCKY PENNY 52
- SECOND OFFICER CHARLES LIGHTOLLER 55
- STEWARDESS VIOLET JESSOP 56
- LAWRENCE BEESLEY 57
- EVA HART 58
- COLONEL ARCHIBALD GRACIE IV 59
- CARPATHIA 63
- FIRST MEMORIAL 66
- ROSA ABBOTT 67
- THE YOUNG WIDOW 68
- THE CARVER 69
- NEW YORK 71
- GROUP PHOTOGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON 72
- THE CABLE-SHIP MACKAY-BENNETT 73
- TEN MINUTES FAST 77
- THE EMBALMERS DAUGHTER 78
- SAFEKEEPING 80
- THOMSON BEATTIE 81
- THE BALANCE 82
- THE ROLLING PIN 83
- THE SOUND OF DROWNING 84
- J. BRUCE ISMAY 85
- THE DEBRIS FIELD 89
- EIGHT INCHES APART 90
- FAIRVIEW CEMETERY HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA 91
- THE LAST SURVIVOR 93
- NOTE ON THE TEXT 94
- THANK YOUS 95
