Reviews for Chezzetcook

The average rating for Chezzetcook based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-06-14 00:00:00 Gerry Berzinski the tractor in the tenth race a winning lottery ticket the million dollar mail sweepstakes 1001 relationships a mansion over the hill a major recording contract an international best seller love - Excuses for Living, pg. 8 * * * it was like comparing john cage with rilke trying not to argue in an orderly or a systematic arrangement you like an ornette coleman record and me with my howlin wolf after love still trying to make it every morning to work - Avant-Garde Night, for nora, pg. 14 * * * alone on a park bench the poet evaluates his life as the psychotic animal locked inside an urban cage cross-legged with time he reads the daily newspaper contemplates his existence a bottle of inexpensive wine to keep him warm from the winter wind politically classified as just another manipulation - The Jilted Poet, pg. 28 * * * instead of independence (like the palestinians) for a homeland we fight for government grants and reading tours full-sized 52 page geneva conference books small press proletariats back-stabbing one another infiltrated by literary committees and organizations with "money" more powerful than ours clique against clique poet after poet out to win the governor general's award the poet of the year award the "what its name" award the "poet/asshole" of the year award the "asshole/canadian" poetry award corrupt and unrelenting past the point of no return - Poets at War, pg. 40

Review # 2 was written on 2009-02-28 00:00:00 Petter Steen I always eschewed Canadian writers until recently. This book and the Fifth Business changed my mind. Quickly coming down to be my fav poem, "The Cariboo Horses" by Al Purdy is in this book. Also, it introduced me to Gwendolyn MacEwen who wrote a whole book of poetry based on The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. It was also interesting to see some really young pictures of Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje. And Raymond Souster. Ever since reading this book, I've been trying to imitate him over and over.