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Kevin Irie

    Kevin Irie's work has appeared in literary periodicals and anthologies across Canada, the United States, Australia, and England, and has been translated into Spanish and Japanese. His writing delves into profound human emotions and intricate relationships, characterized by a keen insight and evocative language that draws readers into his narratives. Irie's literary contributions stem from his unique perspective and his talent for capturing the essence of the human experience.

    The Tantramar Re-Vision: Volume 62
    • The Tantramar Re-Vision: Volume 62

      • 112 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      I've lived the way a field is sometimes / a shelter for mice / or sometimes a source of game / for a hawkInspired by the literary landscape of the late poet John Thompson, Kevin Irie's The Tantramar Re-Vision presents a portrait of nature where the benign and the bedevilled coexist, collude, or collide.The Tantramar Re-Vision charts routes of discovery as it follows trails, waterways, flights, and fears, be it through the woods, the wilds, the page, or the mind where "it's hard to admit / you are not to your taste." It questions an existence in which the inhuman thrives, ignorant of divinity, while the human psyche continues to search for answers as "life takes directions / away from" it. The Tantramar Marsh setting of John Thompson's Stilt Jack resonates with Irie's landscapes of birds, fish, plants, and wildlife, all still within reach yet part of a world where "wind carries sounds / it cannot hear."Insightful and meditative, The Tantramar Re-Vision is poetry of the inner self and the outside observer, a poetic testament to the ways literature creates its own landmarks and nature survives without knowing a word.

      The Tantramar Re-Vision: Volume 622021
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