Boxing in the Bone Orchard
by Bruce McRae
A paean to life, death, and everything in between, Boxing in the Bone Orchard is a sly, black-humoured take on post-modern absurdities. Peppered with surreal abstractions, McRae’s tough-but-tender world is peopled with sleepy angels, mindful cows and talking scarecrows; eyeballing an alternate reality where the poet cocks a snook at the Grim Reaper while merrily contemplating the meaning of clouds and the self’s extinction.
This book is scheduled for release in May 2025. It is now available for Pre-Order, and will be shipped as soon as we receive stock.
$22.95 CAD
Additional information
| Weight | .208 kg |
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| Dimensions | 9 × 6 × 0.375 in |
| Page Count | 80 |
| Binding | Soft Cover with flaps |
| Year Published | 2025 |
Bruce McRae
Ontario-born Bruce McRae began writing poems in his 40s while dabbling with performance poetry in London during the mid 90s, where he lived for 20 years. A prolific writer, he’s had poems, plays and photographs published in hundred of magazines, books and anthologies, with many of his poems put to music and broadcast in the U.S., U.K., Europe, Canada and Australia.
A musician, he’s played in a number of bands in Canada, then in England, and is still heavily involved with music, recording and releasing songs into his 70th year. Fugitive by nature, apparently, he’s lived all over hell’s half acre, and is currently settled in the Gulf Islands. A multiple Pushcart nominee and winner of the Libretto Prize, Boxing in the Bone Orchard is his fifth collection.
As Ever
There was always a forest
to become lost in.
A dwindling path
you idly followed.
A storm coming on.
The sense of impending peril.
There was always night
and voice of an owl
telling you a bedtime story.
The tale of the axeman’s son.
That boy who wandered off
one day and never existed.