There Are Not Enough Sad Songs

Marita Dachsel

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There Are Not Enough Sad Songs

Marita Dachsel

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2019

About this book

There is beauty in the teacup like dresses requiring crinoline or beaded purses too small to carry anything but anger. — from “Inheritance” Marita Dachsel’s third poetry collection explores parenthood, love, and the grief of losing those both close and distant. In the tradition of Karen Solie and Suzanne Buffam, and with a touch of Canadian Gothic, Dachsel’s poetic skills unfold in a variety of brief and expansive forms. Authentic and controlled, full of complexity and disorder, her poems offer release despite their painful twists and topics. Readers across generations will find kinship in Dachsel’s grief-fuelled and vulnerable words.

Author / Editor information

Contributor: Marita Dachsel Marita Dachsel is the author of Glossolalia and All Things Said & Done. Her work has appeared in many literary journals and anthologies. Her poetry has been shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry, the Acorn-Plantos Award for People’s Poetry, and the ReLit Award. Her play Initiation Trilogy was nominated for both a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Outstanding Original Script and the Critics’ Choice Innovation Award. She lives with her family on Lekwungen territory in Victoria, British Columbia.

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# 3 on the Edmonton Poetry Bestsellers list, February 9, 2025 --- "These [three] fine collections focus on loss... Wisdom of both the aging and the ages shines through. Wistfully, they explore growing older and what comes next—or doesn’t.... Dachsel’s more ribald images... are jolting and rich." [Full review at https://canlit.ca/article/never-enough-sad-poems] --- "...strike a balance between the potent dramas of family life and the sense that all can be lost in a moment of forgetfulness, or the ever-ready subsuming of mortality.... The balance is maintained, but like a teacup on the tip of a pencil, and the value of the collection rests in our recognition that we, too, search for that balance." [Full review at https://ormsbyreview.com/2020/03/20/775-carroll-dachsel-thornton/] --- "Dachsel’s poems also offer a kind of spiritual clarity, navigating a sequence of uncertainties with a careful confidence..." --- # 1 on Edmonton Fiction Bestsellers list, April 3, 2019

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Epigraph
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after the funeral
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spring
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sizzle
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illusion
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vermin
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inheritance
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our home needs to be painted
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self portrait
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alberta avenue
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the impossibility of fireflies
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klondike
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may is an uneasy month
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returning from seeing the man with the beard of bees
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our guilt stays with us
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good to keep busy
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neighbourly
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he always gave us the creeps
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my money’s on the magpie
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my mum’s grandmother had a terrible accident when she was a young mother
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grown up
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main & broadway
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hold on
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your light, your light
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a sonnet for middle-age mothers
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solstice
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gentle infestation
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mothering
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cavity
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clover point
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beached
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epithalamium
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check for spots
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yes, let’s
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the forties
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unfasten
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these days, those days
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accumulate
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now is the season of open windows
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shuswap july
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vanish
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plato island
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always with the fucking fish
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we both wore red lipstick
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obligatory road trip
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swing therapy
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before serious
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even bleach can’t remove the smell
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for phillis wheatley
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the birth of father yod
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roots
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keepsake
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last suppers
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arbutus
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there are not enough sad songs
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down under
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terminal
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new year’s day, 2015
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child
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Acknowledgements
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About the Author
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September 6, 2023

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9781772124620

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72

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781772124620

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Poetry / Canadian Literature

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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research

University of Alberta Press

There Are Not Enough Sad Songs

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About this book

Author / Editor information

Reviews

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Epigraph

Contents

after the funeral

spring

sizzle

illusion

vermin

inheritance

our home needs to be painted

self portrait

alberta avenue

the impossibility of fireflies

klondike

may is an uneasy month

returning from seeing the man with the beard of bees

our guilt stays with us

good to keep busy

neighbourly

he always gave us the creeps

my money’s on the magpie

my mum’s grandmother had a terrible accident when she was a young mother

grown up

main & broadway

hold on

your light, your light

a sonnet for middle-age mothers

solstice

gentle infestation

mothering

cavity

clover point

beached

epithalamium

check for spots

yes, let’s

the forties

unfasten

these days, those days

accumulate

now is the season of open windows

shuswap july

vanish

plato island

always with the fucking fish

we both wore red lipstick

obligatory road trip

swing therapy

before serious

even bleach can’t remove the smell

for phillis wheatley

the birth of father yod

roots

keepsake

last suppers

arbutus

there are not enough sad songs

down under

terminal

new year’s day, 2015

child

Acknowledgements

About the Author

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