The Fire Lessons

by Tom Henighan

The Fire Lessons, Tom Henighan’s third book of poetry, is a work of art that can be enjoyed on many levels. Echoes of ballads, nursery rhymes, the one-breath note of haiku, the jagged, startling challenge of contemporary verse, carry the reader into new perspectives of contemporary angst and joy. These poems, a distillation of a life’s experiences, thoughts, and profound engagements with the arts, take the chaos of everyday life and reveal to us the mystery and the music that lie beneath.

128 pages, Paperback

Published March 31, 2016

About the author

Tom Henighan is the author of 17 published books, including Mercury Man, shortlisted for the Red Maple Award; Viking Quest and Viking Terror, two historical novels set in medieval Canada; and more recently, Demon in My View and Doom Lake Holiday. In 2008 he was awarded the Victor Tolgesy Prize for lifetime contribution to the arts in Ottawa, where he lives.