19. P.K. Page

In seiner Kolumne Poet´s Choice stellt Edward Hirsch (Washington Post 8.8.) Gedichte der kanadischen Dichterin P.K. Page vor:

Page has the expansive descriptive powers of a writer who caresses the world. At times she reminds me of the English poet Charles Tomlinson, who has made a lifework out of affirming that „seeing is believing.“ Like Tomlinson, Page is also a graphic artist and brings a strong visual sensibility to her writings. For her, the analogy between poetry and painting is exact and exacting:

Just as the painter must, from two make three or conjure light, build pigments layer on layer to form an artefact, so I must probe
with measuring mind and eye to mix a blue
mainly composed of air.