Two O’clock Creek by Bruce Hunter
Poetry Sunday, October 24th, 2010
Bruce Hunter is a poet of people, places and histories. His poems cover locations from the West Coast, to the mountains of Alberta, towns and cities across Canada, and to the Northeast coast of Scotland. A storyteller and a lyricist, Hunter’s depictions of characters and locales demonstrate a commitment to and compassion for his people and their journeys.
These poems reveal the mysteries of rivers, the secrets of spurned loves, the lives of workers and the joys and heartbreak of new immigrants, always against a carefully drawn backdrop, whether urban or rural. The unequivocal and unflinching emotions here move from awe to anger to whimsy in an authentic voice that is, in turns, tender, scathing and celebratory.
“Two O’Clock Creek” is the “seed” poem which inspired Hunter’s novel, In the Bear’s House, which won the 2009 Canadian Rockies Award at the Banff Mountain Festival.
Cover photo credit: Tom Lewis
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