The Vicinity by David O'meara

The Vicinity by David O'meara

In The Vicinity David O'Meara gives us a new kind of cityscape, one that brings its unseen, and usually unsung, materials to the foreground.

Brick, concrete (that "not-so-silver screen / our walk-on parts are posed upon"), glass, steel, wire: they step boldly from anonymity into fresh focus, backdrops goaded into stardom. Full of casually worn wit and humour, often using intricate forms that deftly reflect their subjects, these poems probe our conventional attitudes while walking us down present or remembered streets--"Some-such Avenue / Rue Saint Whatever."

"A red brick wall, framed
in timber beams and mortar,
collects the last gold of November warmth
on this lit morning.
It hasn't rested, though idle all these years.
A brick wall is stoic toil.
Compare one to your mother."

--from "Brickwork"

David O'Meara: David O'Meara lives in Ottawa, Ontario. He is the author of three collections of poetry, and a play, Disaster. His most recent book is Noble Gas, Penny Black (Brick Books, 2008). He is director of the renowned Plan 99 Reading Series and was the Canadian judge for the 2012 Griffin Poetry Prize.

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ISBN 13	9781894078306
ISBN 10	1894078306
Title	The Vicinity
Author	David O'meara
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Brick Books
Year published	2003-10-16
Number of pages	80
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.