
procession
by katherena vermette
Title:
procession
Author:
katherena vermette
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
112 pages, Illustrations
Publisher:
House of Anansi Press Inc.
ISBN-13:
9781487013523
EAN:
9781487013523
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
256
Dimensions (mm):
216 x 140 x 8
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
procession: a line of people moving in the same direction; a formal ceremony or celebration, as in a wedding, a funeral, a religious parade. Bestselling novelist and Governor General's Award-winning poet katherena vermette's third collection presents a series of poems reaching into what it means to be (at once) a descendant and a future ancestor, exploring the connections we have with one another and ourselves, amongst friends, and within families and Nations. In frank, heartfelt poems that move through body sovereignty and ancestral dreams, and from '80s childhood nostalgia to welcoming one's own babies, vermette unreels the story of a child, a parent, and soon, an elder, living in a prairie place that has always existed, though it looks much different to her now. This book is about being one small part of a large genealogy. A lineage is a line, and the procession, whether in celebration or in mourning, is ongoing.
















