In this virtuoso new work, the poems range from simple lyrical statements through nostalgic comedy to deeply moving political meditations. At the centre of the book, two long works, "Letters to Josef in Jerusalem" and "Terror and Erebus," demonstrate clearly why George Woodcock has said: "There are few Canadian poets with a grasp as broad as MacEwen's of the poetic dimensions of history."
In this virtuoso new work, the poems range from simple lyrical statements through nostalgic comedy to deeply moving political meditations. At the centre of the book, two long works, "Letters to Josef in Jerusalem" and "Terror and Erebus," demonstrate clearly why George Woodcock has said: "There are few Canadian poets with a grasp as broad as MacEwen's of the poetic dimensions of history."