The House You Were Born In (Volume 73) (The Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series)

A stunning debut by a promising new poetic voice, haunting and uplifting in equal measure. In this elegy for lost ancestral farms Tanya Standish McIntyre gives voice to the unspoken, shining a light into the dark corners of our collective memory to reveal an indelible past that gleams with clarity, empathy, and humanity. Cover 1 Copyright 5 Contents 8 EBONY JEWELWING 12 THE HOUSE 13 VIEW WEST 14 WEDDING PICTURES 15 ONE BODY 17 AFTERNOONS 19 BLACK RASPBERRIES 21 LES FRUITS 23 VERNACULAR 25 SUBJECT MATTER 26 SUGARING 29 RED TRACTOR 30 HEDGEROW 31 THE COPSE 33 THE PLACEHOLDERS 35 SILVER-PLATE 36 DOWN BY THE CULVERT 37 ELM AND VINE 39 BEAR RIVER 40 THE BUICK 42 FIRESIDE FOLK SONGS 43 SIMPLE HAZARDS 45 ELECTRIC LIGHT STORM 47 NIGHTLY PRAYER 49 THE SPICE RACK 50 VERNAL 52 THE FAIR 54 HORSES 57 IRON LUNG 59 STORY GIRL 60 THE POND 62 THE WHITE ROCK 63 SOMETHING 65 THE CLOSET 66 GHOST STORIES 68 THE THREE SISTERS 70 THREE BROTHERS 72 SUSAN 74 MILDRED 76 OAK STOVE 78 DISHES 80 OTHER GRANDMOTHER 82 FATHER WAS A MINER 83 ONE FOR FRED 85 JUNIPER 86 SOUNDTRACK 88 EGLANTINE 89 THE MAPLES 90 BEFORE AND AFTER THE COWS 92 FLOODLANDS 94 SACRIFICE 95 IF THERE IS A HEAVEN 97 LORD OF THE ELEMENTS 98 GARDEN 99 DARK TIDE 101 WOMAN OF THE FERN 103 CONFESSIONS OF A FARMER 104 DOORBELL 106 REQUIEM 108 THE HAWK 110 CABIN 112 WEATHERVANE 113 WINTERGREEN 116 NOTES 118 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 120 Tanya,Standish,McIntyre,2022,ISBN,978-0-2280-1464-5,(paper),ISBN,978-0-2280-1578-9,(ePDF),ISBN,978-0-2280-1579-6,(ePUB) Tanya Standish McIntyre 2022,ISBN 978-0-2280-1464-5 (paper),ISBN 978-0-2280-1578-9 (ePDF),ISBN 978-0-2280-1579-6 (ePUB) "A keeper of things forgotten, a vase / for pictures made by words, a riverbed / for the stories you tell, an earthen silhouette / of a child With vivid imagery and endless compassion for subjects, Tanya Standish McIntyre's words breathe life. Her richly lyrical phrases capture both the fear and the beauty of growing up in a rural working-class community, anchored by the magical bond between a young girl and her grandfather. Way's Mills, Quebec, is the setting for these poems, although as with Mark Twain's Mississippi, place becomes a place in the heart in this elegy for lost ancestral farms. Standish McIntyre gives voice to the unspoken, shining a light into the dark corners of our collective memory to reveal an indelible past that gleams with clarity, empathy, and humanity. Taking seed in the dilapidated barns and warm sunlit rooms of Standish McIntyre's personal history, these poems weave a filigree of well-worn remembrances and time-honoured treaties of the self, half forgotten yet ever lingering. Lucid, sharp, and crisp as spring water, this collection holds a sweeping narrative power that will stay with you long after the last line."-- Provided by publisher a keeper of things forgotten, a vase / for pictures made by words, a riverbed / for the stories you tell, an earthen silhouette / of a child With vivid imagery and endless compassion for her subjects, Tanya Standish McIntyre's words breathe life. Her richly lyrical phrases capture both the fear and the beauty of growing up in a rural working-class community, anchored by the magical bond between a young girl and her grandfather. Way's Mills, Quebec, is the setting for these poems, although as with Mark Twain's Mississippi, physical place becomes a place in the heart in this elegy for lost ancestral farms. Standish McIntyre gives voice to the unspoken, shining a light into the dark corners of our collective memory to reveal an indelible past that gleams with clarity, empathy, and humanity. Taking seed in the dilapidated barns and warm sunlit rooms of Standish McIntyre's personal history, these poems weave a filigree of well-worn remembrances and time-honoured treaties of the self, half forgotten yet ever lingering. Lucid, sharp, and crisp as spring water, this collection holds a sweeping narrative power that will stay with you long after the last line.