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2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nhttps://archive.org/details/windleavesabsenc0000maxw  \nJ MCPLDISCARDED  \n3DNS&V S3AV37 GNIM  \nWIND LEAVES ABSENCE  \nMARY MAXWELL  \nMee  \nMang  \nthistledoun press  \nCMary Maxwell,2016All rights reserved  \nNo part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by anymeans,graphic,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying,recording,orany information storage and retrieval system,without permission in writing fromthe publisher or a licence from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency(AccessCopyright).For an Access Copyright licence,visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call tollfree to 1-800-893-5777.  \nThistledown Press Ltd.4102nd Avenue NorthSaskatoon,Saskatchewan,S7K 2C3www.thistledownpress.com  \nLibrary and Archives Canada Cataloguing in PublicationMaxwell,Mary,authorWind leaves absence /Mary Maxwell.  \nPoems.  \nISBN 978-1-77187-100-6(paperback)  \nI.Title.PS8626.A8855W552016 C811'6 C2016-901047-3  \nCover artwork by PhilipJ.Curtis courtesy of Philip C Curtis Charitable Trust for theEncouragement ofArt,PhilipJ.Curtis and Jane Ellis,Co-TrusteesCover and book design by Jackie ForriePrinted and bound in Canada  \nCanada Council Conseil des Artsfor the Artsdu Canada  \n# 5.ASEATCH E WANARTS BOARD公\n\nCanada  \nThistledown Press gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance of the CanadaCouncil for the Arts,the Saskatchewan Arts Board,and the Government of Canadathrough the Canada Book Fund for its publishing program  \nAcknowledgements  \nGrateful acknowledgement is made to the following publications inwhose pages these poems first appeared:Grain Magazine,NeWestReview,Descant,Listening with the Ear of the Heart,CV2.  \nPermission was granted to use quotations from ElizabethBrewster's Jacob’s Dreams(Oberon,2002),Michael Crummey's“Her Mark”in Hard Light:Brick Books Classics 5(Brick Books,2015),John Livingston Clark's Body and Soul(Exile Editions,2002),Catherine Gildiner's Coming Ashore(ECW,2014),Edna St.Vincent Millay's,\"Dirge without Music\",The Buck in the Snow andother poems,1928,courtesy of the Millay Society,Anne Michaels'Fugitive Pieces(McClelland &Stewart,a division of PenguinRandom House Canada Limited,1996)and Gregory DavidRoberts',Shantaram:A Novel,(St Martin's Press,2004).  \nThanks to the Saskatchewan Artists/Writers Retreats program,St Peter's Abbey,and to Thistledown Press for the publication ofthis book.  \nThanks to Honor Kever and Daphne Kotzer for their encour-agement,support,and wisdom.Dave Margoshes for his insight,skill,and generosity of spirit.Sylvia Legris for her enthusiasticsupport of my work.Annette Bower for her humor.Shelley Banksfor the author photograph.  \nThe writers-in-residence at the Saskatoon Public Library:BetsyWarland,John L.Clarke,Dave Margoshes,Jeanette Lynes,AnneSimpson,and John Donlan.Tim Lilburn,Myrna Kostash,LauraBurkhart,Edna Alford,and Geoffrey Ursell for help along the way.Linda Fisher and Dr Heather Brenneman for their skill in assistingme to regain my health and pursue the completion of the manuscript.  \nTo Josh Pendleton and Kate Pendleton for your love and support.You get it.  \nAlways and with great affection and appreciation to William(Bill)Robertson foryour great and abidinglove and encouragement,patience and kindness during the writing of this manuscript.Yourskill and generosity fortified and grounded me during the manyrevisions of this work.  \nCONTENTS  \nBystander  \n9  \nFATHER10Empty Closet11Adrift12Enigma13Late autumn,a garden14Leaving my father's house15House by the Sea16Tangles17His people18Line on paper19Hammer20In her arms21Orphan22Moving on23Good news24Two step25Away26Rosary27Birthday28Few words29Choking30Old man's friend31Last time32Brief dance33He closed his eyes34When my father died35My father's funeral36The last of the funeral37Photograph  \nBROTHERS38    〕Needle40 Fool41 One Hundred Pink Roses  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Sacrament\n## Migration\n## Beatrice\n## Sunday afternoon\n## Summer, 1995\n## Language fails\n## Sweet old lady\n## Hard light\n## Voices\n## Waiting\n## Dream\n## Spade\n## Ghosts","[{\"question\":\"What is the structure of the book Wind Leaves Absence?\",\"answer\":\"The contents are organized into three main sections: Bystander, Brothers, and Others, each listing multiple poems with page references.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book treat memory?\",\"answer\":\"The text includes a reflective passage stating that memory is not reality and that memories shift through unconscious needs, with family members sharing events rather than identical recollections.\"},{\"question\":\"Who is the author of Wind Leaves Absence?\",\"answer\":\"The book is authored by Mary Maxwell, and it lists her as the author in the cataloguing information.\"}]","Wind Leaves Absence | PDF",1790657729,129]