In
Elegy for a Poem Garden George Melnyk has created a virtual garden
of poetry as a tangible record of a temporary garden of visual poems created
in response to a visit to the home of visual poet Ian Hamilton Findlay.
"The visit," writes Melnyk, "changed my poetic life. I
was instantly inspired to go forth and do likewise."
George Melnyk is a
prominent writer of the Canadian West who lives in Calgary. He is the
author of a half-dozen nonfiction books on the West, including the two-volume
Literary History of Alberta. He has also previously published a
book of poetry, Ribstones, with Ekstasis Editions. He teaches at
the University of Calgary. |