The Flame Tree (Paperback)

Clarise Foster

ISBN 10: 1896239390 / ISBN 13: 9781896239392

Published by Muses' Company, 1998

About this Item

Paperback. Foster's first collection of poetry shimmers with the colours of the South Pacific. The green flash at sunset, the "diamond sleeve of an ocean inlet," and the "resilient fire of flame trees" all illuminate a landscape of white beaches and tangled forests of walking trees and tangentangen. This is a dangerous landscape of legend and memory, where the past lies hidden like the unexploded bombs beneath the surface of the island. But Foster revisits it with courage and grace, exploring her losses with the sure knowledge that the dead "are not fully gone/but winged in the way/summer is winged/with shadow." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Flame Tree (Paperback)
• Publisher: Muses' Company
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1896239390
• ISBN 13: 9781896239392
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

Foster’s first collection of poetry shimmers with the colours of the South Pacific. The green flash at sunset, the “diamond sleeve of an ocean inlet,” and the “resilient fire of flame trees” all illuminate a landscape of white beaches and tangled forests of walking trees and tangentangen. This is a dangerous landscape of legend and memory, where the past lies hidden like the unexploded bombs beneath the surface of the island. But Foster revisits it with courage and grace, exploring her losses with the sure knowledge that the dead “are not fully gone/but winged in the way/summer is winged/with shadow.”

About the Author

Clarise Foster spent ten years living in the South Pacific. Her family moved to Guam when she was twelve and she has since lived in Hawaii, Seattle, and Vancouver. She now lives in Winnipeg. Foster’s poetry collections include The Flame Tree and The Way Boys Sometimes Are.