Seeing Things

Poetry

About the book

Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize, Finalist

George Amabile's fourteenth book and newest collection of poetry, Seeing Things, is a poetic journey through clarity and distortion, presence and memory, grief and wonder. Structured in three movements, Seeing Things probes what lies beneath the visible world. Whether contemplating the current political climate, examining mundane objects, or reflecting on past experiences, this collection traces the current of the river of life and the invisible forces and laws that poet and reader alike will never understand. From quiet elegies to fierce political commentary, from meditative stillness to the surreal, Seeing Things celebrates the fragile, persistent beauty of looking closer.

About the author

George Amabile is a poet and writer from Winnipeg. His poetry collection The Presence of Fire won the CAA award and his novel Operation Stealth Seed won the Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction. His short story collection Small Change and his poetry collections Martial Music and Dancing, with Mirrors were all awarded the Bressani Literary Prize. His poetry, fiction and non-fiction have also appeared in over a hundred anthologies, magazines, journals and periodicals in the USA, Canada, Europe, England, Wales, South America, Australia, and New Zealand.

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“What Matters: Seeing Things by George Amabile

“Thing” is one of the least poetic words in the English language; its plural form becomes slightly more poetic, and by the time George Amabile chooses Seeing Things for the title of…” >>

— Michael Greenstein The Seaboard Review of Books