Rare and Collectible

In this collection Patrick Lane continues his pursuit of poetic integrity through a unique and engaging series of meditations.

This special limited edition was published in handsomely designed cloth with dust jacket artwork by Kath Kornelson Rutherford. Each copy is numbered and signed by the author.

John V. Hicks' fourth book of poetry attests to his mastery of language and the wisdom of a life sensitively lived. 

Edited by Edna Longley, this rare collection first appeared in 1982 and was celebrated by critics as:

"strikingly original ... a poet to be reckoned with" (British Book News)
"Durcan's irreverent and iconoclastic vision is a liberating force in contempory Ireland (Irish University Review)
"he resuscitates one's flagging belief in 'the poet-in-the-world'" (Belfast Review)

Co-published with The Blackstaff Press (Belfast) this 1989 edition is the only one published in North America.

 
John V. Hicks assembled Sticks and Strings with the same precise and artful style given all his poetry. 
Called the greatest Canadian lyrical poet of the last fifty years, Hicks was for most of his life better known and admired on the international writing stage than he was in Canada. A prolific writer with a master’s tome of perfect poems, Sticks and Strings allows those who would write poetry the opportunity to study how the measure and leap of line is bound to both inspiration and intellect, and those who love to read poetry the opportunity to witness the classic, ancient art of literature put to modern practice.