77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin

Timely, important, mischievous, powerful: in a word, exceptional

Seventy-seven poems intended as a eulogy for what we have squandered, a reprimand for all we have allowed, a suggestion for what might still be salvaged, a poetic quarrel with our intolerant and greedy selves, a reflection on mortality and longing, as well as a long-running conversation with the mythological currents that flow throughout North America.

“King revels in . . . juxtaposition, putting beauty beside terror and horror next to humour, often with great skill.” - Winnipeg Free Press