Originally published in 1978, Stilt Jack is a series of powerful soliloquies on the complexity of love and the process of living. These are made immediate through Thompson's command of metaphor, his eye for maritime landscape, his intense, often elliptical way of transfiguring everyday things into shorthand symbols of reality. This remarkable sequence of poems is based on the ghazal, an ancient Persian poetic form which is discussed in Thompson's introduction to the original edition of the book.
These poems more than fulfill the promise of Thompson's first collection, At the Edge of the Chopping There Are No Secrets. Stilt Jack is the last testament of a major poet at the pinnacle of his craft.
- ISBN10 0887840558
- ISBN13 9780887840555
- Publish Date July 1983
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 October 2003
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
- Format Paperback
- Pages 48
- Language English