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The Thin Smoke of the Heart

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It is that sort of morning for the heart; the living are giving the dead an honest test. A man has walked out to be alone with the earth. A man of his age, he equates time with grief most days, but...
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  • 16 March 2000
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It is that sort of morning for the heart; the living are giving the dead an honest test. A man has walked out to be alone with the earth. A man of his age, he equates time with grief most days, but now he has decided to wait. In the silence, where do his raised eyes fit? --from Vow
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Price: $19.95
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication Date: 16 March 2000
ISBN: 9780773568099
Format: eBook
BISACs: POETRY / American / General, POETRY / Canadian
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"There is a resolve, a high moral purpose to everything Bowling is doing here, coupled with a compelling melancholy and an astounding level of artistry. With his grasp of the human condition and his lyric gifts, he has the tools to become not just a good poet, but a great one." Arc
"Bowling's poems exceed expectations. His universe, suffused with the flux of water, is wondrous." UBC Chronicle



"There is a resolve, a high moral purpose to everything Bowling is doing here, coupled with a compelling melancholy and an astounding level of artistry. With his grasp of the human condition and his lyric gifts, he has the tools to become not just a good poet, but a great one." Arc "Bowling's poems exceed expectations. His universe, suffused with the flux of water, is wondrous." UBC Chronicle