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Spring, 1982 photo by Robert Chatfield |
Harold Rhenisch Samples |
Fall, 1998 photo by Diane Rhenisch |
This page contains links to samples from all of Harold Rhenisch's books. Please click on a title for complete information on any title and for a sample.Fusion, 1999.
Elegies, metaphysics, spells. Combining Wiccan magic, subatomic physics, Western and Eastern spirituality, and a strong sense of the earth, these poems lay out the foundation of Rhenisch's world view.
Mythic poetry with a twist. Elegies for Charles Lillard and Robin Skelton, including a poem first read at Skelton's Memorial service in 1997, and a series of poems set in Pound's city of Dioce, "whose terraces are the color of stars".
Comic poetry with many twists. Elegy for Ezra Pound. Psalms to be accompanied by the kazoo, including a guest appearance of Wallace Stevens as a used car salesman.
Harold Rhenisch reading the complete texts of both Kazoo: The Psalm at the End of the Song, and In the Presence of Ghosts..
Mythic, lyric, and occasional Poetry. Explorations of a new poetic language for the new century, including Van Gogh's vision of the Canadians as a blizzard of falling snow.
Satiric Poetry. Manifestations of Christ in our materialistic world. A romp. At times the true story of "Dogman", who for 16 years lived like a tenth century saint with 30 dogs on Fairview Mountain. The manifestations include Leonard Cohen and Elvis.
Lyric and narrative poetry. Art, Land, Memory, Love. The culmination of Harold Rhenisch's explorations of land, place, and land-based culture.
Prose Memoir of post-colonial, immigrant orchard life in British Columbia. At the same time, it is the story of one man's journey from the patriarchy and the prisons of history.
Comic lyrics. Ezra Pound and Robin Skelton meet in Hell. A meeting of wits. Dante had Virgil, a reliable guide. Skelton only has Pound. He has to make the best of it. He does.
Lyric, narrative, and comic poetry, including the long Zen poem, "The Koan".
Mythic and dionysiac poetry, as well as the bittersweet "M.L.S.", a portrait of two years spent in the gold-mining town of Hedley. Once fantastically rich, Hedley now lies at the bottom of the socio-economic heap.
Lyric poetry. The haunting presence of an ancient land.
To read more, please click on a link below.
Harold Rhenisch: <rhenisch@telus.net>
