Insomnia Bird: Edmonton Poems

By Kelly Shepherd

These poems explore--spiral around--Edmonton's "shadow geography." The book is divided roughly into three sections: the people and places of public transit, urban wildlife, and construction work. The transit section is largely based on the #9 bus, which draws a north-south line through the city, crossing the North Saskatchewan River and traversing the downtown core. The urban wildlife section places a special emphasis on the city's unofficial mascot, muse, and genius loci: the Black-billed Magpie. The third section is about labour, especially landscaping and the oil industry.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771871695
• ISBN13: 9781771871693
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Thistledown Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.3"