Active Trading: Selected Poems, 1970-1995

by Gary Geddes

His work has the political edge of the best writing of the 20th century. His passion and outrage are controlled with a sure hand, and his craftsmanship is brilliant. -- Timothy FindleyGary Geddes's name is a byword for excellence, and already Active Trading, his fifteenth book, is adding to his list of honours. Released this spring in England, it has been chosen as a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.Active Trading contains Geddes's best known and most accomplished poems, arranged in chronological order to make his development as a poet and thinker clearly visible. From cover to cover, it's full of award-winners and audience-pleasers. It includes all of Letter of the Master of Horse (E.J. Pratt Medal, 1970) and The Terracotta Army (Best Book Award, Americas Region, Commonwealth Poetry Competition, 1985). It also includes generous selections from War & Other Measures; The Acid Test (CAA National Poetry Prize, 1981); Changes of State; Hong Kong (Writers' Choice Award, 1987; National Magazine Gold Award, 1988); No Easy Exit (Archibald Lampman Poetry Prize, 1990; silver medal, Milton Acorn Poetry Competition, 1991); Girl by the Water; and The Perfect Cold Warrior, winner of the 1996 Archibald Lampman Poetry Prize.

122 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1996