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Believed by many to be one of the finest poets of his generation, Patrick Lane is also a passionate gardener. He lives on Vancouver Island, a place of uncommon beauty, where the climate is mild, the air is soft, and the growing season lasts nearly all year long.Lane has gardened for as long as he can remember, and sees his garden's life as intertwined with his own. And when he gave up drinking, after years of addiction, he found solace and hea...

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Recipient of the Governor General's Award, Patrick Lane is one of Canada's foremost literary figures. This book contains work from 9 of his poetry collections, selected by "Arc"'s international editor, John Kinsella, who also provides an introduction to Lane's work. Lane's poems are always political, and driven by personal experience.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

Winner of the 1996 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize.

Excerpt from Letters From the Savage MindIf I travel alone as a tree walks by itself a forest above stones with a million wings I'll have no time to measure in the darkness racing from horizon to night and back to sentience at lights of day.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books ...

Patrick Lane's obsession with drugs began in his early teens. Nineteenth-century French literature introduced him to a world of hashish, opium and absinthe, which he saw as a way of escaping his boring suburban English existence. Unable to find any hashish as a schoolboy in north London, he went to Morocco for supplies. Between school and university, he hitched around America in the mid-1960s, taking LSD with Timothy Leary. After teaming up wi...

There are many truths in life we know of but fail to acknowledge because they cause too much pain. It is these dark places that Patrick Lane, one of Canada's most important writers, tackles in Mortal Remains. These poems will take readers deep into their own psyches and force them to examine issues close to the bone - if not close to the heart. This book is a must-read for poetry fans unfamiliar with Lane's haunting works.

This book will lead you through a process of identifying and then improving who you really are. By applying the teachings, you can become more centered and grounded, affording you a greater effectiveness at meditation, prayer or any other spiritual work. Use it as a daily guide to keep you on the path to success in your physical and spiritual life.

Patrick Lane has written himself into a central position in the Canadian literary scene. He is considered by admiring readers--including scholars, critics, and fellow writers--to be one of the finest poets of his generation, a reputation that extends far beyond our national borders." --Jack Hodgins

Excerpt from Letters From the Savage Mind If I travel alone as a tree walks by itself a forest above stones with a million wings I'll have no time to measure in the darkness racing from horizon to night and back to sentience at lights of day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotte...

Shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay BC Book Prize for Poetry (2005) "You sit watching the hounds go leaving strange, their nails clicking swift the wooden floor as they slide like narrow smoke away." -from "Go Leaving Strange

Lane is a poet more of the individual, hard-hitting poem, like physical blows, he wields his pieces like small threats of intense beauty."--Globe and MailFollowing the success of his award-winning memoir There is a Season (2004) and his bestselling novel Red Dog, Red Dog (2008), Patrick Lane felt his celebrated poetry career might be at an end and published his Collected Poems in 2011. But the process of revisiting his collected poetic works r...

Part memoir, part homage to the healing power of nature, this exquisitely written book evokes the poignancy of time lost and the ever-present possibility of renewal.

The newest collection from one of Canada's finest poets.

A collection of poetry which contains a series of 16 long elegies on writer acquaintances who have died, including Adele Wiseman, Al Purdy, Earle Birney and Irving Layton. It consists of 23 lyrics and narratives more typical of Patrick Lane's work. It is the work of a great Canadian poet.