Riverbook and Ocean

This fourth collection of poems by W.H. New once again invites the reader to witness the ordinary, fraught with human frailty, uncertainty and risk, while revealing a world of extraordinary, if transient, natural beauty and diversity. Fiercely refusing to skim the surface, New confronts our despair with lightness, grace and humour. He pulls us in, engages us with the particulars of place, of Vancouver. And he offers in contrast the explorative and nomadic nature of man, from Captain...
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This fourth collection of poems by W.H. New once again invites the reader to witness the ordinary, fraught with human frailty, uncertainty and risk, while revealing a world of extraordinary, if transient, natural beauty and diversity. Fiercely refusing to skim the surface, New confronts our despair with lightness, grace and humour. He pulls us in, engages us with the particulars of place, of Vancouver. And he offers in contrast the explorative and nomadic nature of man, from Captain Vancouver exploring the convergence of river and ocean to a young boy on a bridge caught between decision and action.