Ian Burgham

REVIEWS of The Stone Skippers “Ian Burgham’s collection, The Stone Skippers, is a rare volume: a book filled with generous emotion as well as craft and polish. What is said is as important as how it is said. Each line break, each simile, each rhythmic construct: all these things display both care and wisdom, and that’s a treasure.” Carolyn Smart (Canada), Poet and Finalist for the Canadian National Magazine Awards There’s exceptionally thoughtful and complex writing here, writing that always seems willing to enter emotions with great courage and finesse. I admire the honesty. The poems a

• Midnight
• The Stone Skippers
• Country Railways
• The Grammar of Distance
• The unquiet