Synopses & Reviews
Naked Trees is a meditation on urban trees. It explores the life and death of these trees and the people who live with them. We see the trees through the eyes of a child, who finds her tree friendly and inviting, or view the tre's life through the thoughts of a leaf, promised flight, but denied it by the capricious wind. Terpstra finishes the collection with a section on varieties, composed of poems on individual tree types such as prunus serotina and utility pole.
About the Author
John Terpstra has published seven books of poetry, including the CG-nominated Disarmament and the Bressani Award-winning Forty Days Forty Nights. Most recently he published The Boys, Or, Waiting For the Electrician's Daughter, which was shortlisted for the Charles Taylor Prize and the BC Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. John Terpstra lives in Hamilton, Ontario, where he works as a writer and cabinetmaker.