saluting mystical thinking and distant planets. They seek to remind us (as animals also do) not only of what we are but of what we are not (his early poem 'The Sun and Moon' is a small masterpiece). One notices how often the words "mind", "heart" and "bones" appear in [Robert] Bringhurst's work. He hopes to map the mind, get to the heart of things, strip bones bare. Words, he acknowledges, get in the way. This is the ultimate paradox for a writer with such a gift.These Poems, She Said by Robert Bringhurst
from The Guardian: Selected Poems by Robert Bringhurst
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