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Words set
loose in a northern landscape in pursuit of myth: Erling
Friis-Baastad's poems search for resonance with the
elements. The challenge is one of dislocation; hope lies
in petitioning song. The answers that arrive from a nearby
mountain range or the opposite shore of a lake are always
a surprise, sometimes a shock, suggesting connection just
"beyond the reach / of our numb hands."
| If
the winter nights up here |
| are
perfect for ghost watching |
| they
are even more perfect |
| for
being a ghost. |
Taut,
spare, haunting, the poems in this collection draw on both
Old and New World images to fashion a distinctive circumpolar
voice.
About
the Author
Born in
Norway in 1950, Erling Friis-Baastad was raised in Colorado
and Virginia but has spent much of his adult life in Canada's
Yukon Territory. His poems have appeared internationally
in many magazines and in several anthologies and chapbooks.
He is co-editor of Writing North: An Anthology of Contemporary
Yukon Writers and currently works as an editor for the Yukon
News in Whitehorse.
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