Tacoma Narrows (Paperback)

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In Tacoma Narrows, Mitchell Parry reflects on the nature of disasters, both public and private. A reflection on things lost, Parry allows himself to feel deeply, to ask what went wrong and to ruminate tragic moments with humility and romantic sensibility. Tacoma Narrows is Mitchell Parry's first collection of poetry. Written over a number of years and in different parts of Canada and Western Europe, Tacoma Narrows is lush and richly mature, with settings that range from England, Yugoslavia and Greece to Montreal, Banff and the small outer Gulf islands of British Columbia. Acutely aware of the nature that surrounds him, Parry embraces things like the wind howling at his window, an elk in the backyard or an orange sunset, and attaches them to memories. A deep mediation in three parts, Tacoma Narrows starts