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Full Title

On High
Author(s)

Neil Surkan
Edition
ISBN

9780773555464, 9780773554993, 9780773555457
Publisher

McGill-Queen\'s University Press
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

All songs have skin, / all skin has holes. On High, Neil Surkan’s debut collection of poetry, searches for spirits in myriad places. Wondering how, why, and when to act with a conscience, speakers try out steep hikes, strong drugs, and earnest meditations as they attempt to make meaning in a divided and distracting world. Careful and tense, On High balances on all kinds of tightrope-like lines: a trout fisher revels after riding a moose, a buzzed lover speculates about human connection, new condo owners toast from balcony to balcony, a young woman kicks a hornet’s nest into her hometown library’s erotica/poetry/religion section. Reaching for the sprigs of our shared humanity, Surkan’s poems offer courage and compassion in violent times. As the speaker in “The Branch Breaker” muses, “sarcasm won’t dissolve our enemies.” On High is a book for the contemporary moment.

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