LOCHHEAD, Douglas. Homage to Henry Alline & Other Poems. (Fredericton, New Brunswick) : Goose Lane, (1992). First Edition. "Printed in Canada by the Tribune Press." Pp [I]-VIII,(2),11-120,(4). 8vo (141 x 215 mm), art-illustrated white and black card covers, with French flaps, with black lettering to white spine.

Douglas Lochhead (b. March 25, 1922, Guelph, Ontario - d. March 15, 2011, Sackville, New Brunswick) Canadian poet, bibliographer, bibliophile.

"This new collection features two long poems: Lochhead's celebrated 'Homage to Henri Alline,' a conversation between the 18th-century evangelist and a modern voice, and his latest long poem 'Vigils & Mercies,' in which a self-isolated man, 'jacketed in darkness' in a derelict house, confronts losses and defections. Joined by a selection of shorter works exploring the intersections between grief and landscape, Homage to Henri Alline and Other Poems marks a new stage in the long career of this renowned Canadian poet."

Foreword.
A collection arranged in three sections.

I.
"Homage to Henry Alline."


II. "the ledge of winter",
"Marsh prayers 1-3",
"from kill to kill",
"Images 1-8",
"this morning I went out",
"sprung",
"Elegies 1-10",
"looking into trees",
"every year I celebrate",
"Gatineau summer 1-4",
"escape",
"there are four",
"it will have to be",
"the birds".


III.
"Vigils & Mercies 1-30".

Very good. 15.00