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ISBN
921870-53-1
6 x 9
190 pp, $14.95
Poetry
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A Second
Earth: Poems Selected and New
By Harold Enrico
Harold Enrico is a rare poet who
combines the deepest traditions of our history, our spirituality, with
the colourful imagery of the Pacific Northwest. He has been hailed as
a major poetic voice by George Woodcock, praised by Theodore Roethke,
and selected by Poetry Chicago and Choice magazine. A
Second Earth contains the finest poems from his three earlier
collections —Now, A Thousand Years from Now, Rip Current
and Dog Star—along with a substantial section of new poems.
Dog Star and dog fox stalk the
dying year to its end.
Fox flame, star flame flare for an instant
In the year's last hour.
Fox track, star track trail away across the snow.
Heart fire, hearth fire flicker on a bed of stones,
Portents of what will go, what will remain:
Embers flaked with ash.
"We have had a poet of real magnitude
living just over the border without anyone saying much about
it." — George Woodcock
"Enrico pays homage to artistic
community with a mastery which always remains
contemporary." — Choice
"His intellect is vital and seemingly
fearless." — Northwest Review
Harold Enrico taught Italian Literature and
Language for many years at Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen,
Washington. Now retired, he writes full time at his home in
Cosmopolis, Washington. He is the author of three previous
collections of poetry.
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