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How I Joined Humanity at Last, David Zieroth's fifth book of poems, explores the mid-life road to renewal and tells the story of one man's journey toward compassion. Zieroth's work delves deeply into the issues that affect all of us, from relationships between children and parents and "the old blood turbulence/ of families, tribes," to the day-to-day thoughts of working life:"I want a lateral transfer/into the position of office enchanter./Think of the power/I'll add to my workload." And beyond these concerns he also examines the roles of spirit and imagination in our daily lives: "The function of the individual/...is to provide the lightning strike/ to matter." How I Joined Humanity at Last evokes the clarity of Zieroth's first book, Clearings, but it also reaches a new level of maturity and depth. His poetry is concerned with inwardness, with loss and longing, with imagination and memory, and ultimately with dream work that returns us to ourselves and to a sense of community. The voice that emerges is as strong as it is haunting and compelling.

Table of Contents:
PART I: What He Owns The Robins Function of the Individual Father's Work My Mother's Wail Goodbye to Daughter Office Enchanter Memo to Myself Sleeps and Dreams Teaching the Comma Philosophy Consider the Men The Presentation The Shadow Meeting Foot Rub Spelling Living Success People I Meet With Meet With Me When We First Felt Our Minds The Good Day Calling Children A Story PART II: How I Joined Humanity at Last What Comes After Love The Exhausted Past Thinking My Neighbour's Thoughts Endhome Reasons for Living First Rain, Then Snow You Are Brave The Way Past Words The Lost Ocean My Goodness Claustrophobic Once Again Among the Humans On the Path of Inner Development Down in the Valley Next Life His Mother's Face Trip Away from Home Pouches Self-Admonitions The Mouse and My Mother Smoke PART III: The Beautiful Voice of the Undertaker The True Imagined Life Of My Neighbour The Older Man The Man Who Invented the Turn Signal

About the Author :
David Zieroth has published many books of poetry including The Fly in Autumn (2009), which won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry, How I Joined Humanity at Last (1998), which won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, the bridge from day to night (2018) and most recently, watching for life (2022.) He taught at Douglas College in New Westminster, BC, before retiring and founding The Alfred Gustav Press. Born in Neepawa, MB, he lives in North Vancouver, BC.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781550171822
  • Publisher: Harbour Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Harbour Publishing
  • Height: 228 mm
  • No of Pages: 112
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 335 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1550171828
  • Publisher Date: 12 Feb 1998
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 152 mm


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