Cries from the Ark

Description

A pitch-perfect debutand a call to act in the service of Earth through radiant attention. Humankind, at present, has breached floodgates that have only been breached before in ancient stories of angry gods, or so far back on geologic and biological timelines as to seem more past than past. Against this catastrophic backdrop (at the end of consolations, at the high-water mark), and equipped with a periscopic eye and a sublime metaphorical reach, poet Dan MacIsaac has crowded his debut vessel with sloths and auks, mummified remains and bumbling explorers, German expressionists and Neolithic cave-;Intro; Contents; Proverbs from the Ark; The First Bestiary; Manx Metamorph; Chilcotin Wild Horses; Bison: Wallowing; Bison: Calving; Bison: Rut; Bull Moose; Spirit Bear; Garbage Bear; Black Bear: Filicide; Giant Pandas; Foxy; Sloth; Vancouver Island Wolverine; Tasmanian Tiger; That Bloody Pool of Trouble; Cain; Drunk; David; The Ear of Malchus; The Fisherman of Malta; Paul on the Adriatic; Raucous on the Wing; Archaeopteryx; Goldfinch; Northern Shrike; Redtail; Red Dorking; Red Pileated Woodpecker; Temptation; Layer; Great Auk; Crows; Snowy Owl; Owl Pellet; Turkey Vulture; Turkey Vultures.