If I were in a cage I'd reach out for you

Summary: If I Were in a Cage I'd Reach Out for You travels through both time and place, dwelling ni surreal pockets of warped landscapes of modern cities and flooding the murky basin of the intimate. These are love letters to the uncomfortable, the unfathomable and the altered geographies that define our own misshpen understandings of the world.

Record details

ISBN: 9780889713277 (paperback)
Physical Description: 95 pages ; 21 cm
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Publisher: Gibsons, British Columbia : Nightwood Editions, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Poems.
Formatted Contents Note:	Dear Sara I -- Emily of New Moon -- The flowers of St. Francis -- Game face -- San Bernardino welcomes you -- Aubade I -- Materials -- Return of Saturn -- American spirit -- Last night -- Dear Sara II -- Out lady of perpetual landscape -- When does the hunger begin? -- What transpires in the night before the night -- What transpires in the night after the night -- Aubade II -- Shoot -- Brackish -- Island fever -- Take photos of cherry blossoms until the memory of winter recedes -- Lucky day -- Mean and hungry -- Somnambulist Almanac -- Sea hag -- Dear Sara III -- Grammar by the minute -- Cocktail -- Don't just be pretty do something while you can -- & -- Aubade II -- Trois minots -- Corridors -- The gates of dawn -- Cardinal versus mutable -- Gin is all the colours because it's clear -- Dear Sara IV -- Dearborn -- Thunder and lightning -- Aubade IV -- I open the dryer and a robin sails out -- Vigil -- The latest summer -- Chou Chou -- Out of range -- Edmonton trail -- Fish Creek -- September -- Suburban sonnet -- Destination wedding -- Dear Sara V -- Everything in moderation especially Spring -- I capture the castle -- Timeline -- Animals sleep in the basement -- Animals revolt in the laundry room's walls -- Eau Clair -- Sour beer for bitter hearts -- Unfucked -- Debtless -- Yukon River breakup -- When general anxiety feels very specific -- If I were in a cage I'd reach out for you -- To whome it may concern -- Dear Sara VI.
Awards Note:	BC Book Prize, 2017 - Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize - Winner