Divisions

Coach House Press,
Toronto, 1983
59 pages

Probably the most significant confessional poem in Canadian literature, Stephen Morrissey's "Divisions" is a poem of great emotion, depth, and visionary insight.

Critical praise for Divisions

"Divisions ... I found extremely powerful, at once visionary and movingly personal."
--Northrop Frye
"Stephen Morrissey's "Divisions" is one of the most moving confessional poems I know."
--Louis Dudek
The Gazette
"Divisions, a remarkable piece that manages to contain childhood, adolescence, the '60s love, fear, what poetry is all about and more."
--Quill & Quire

Copyright © 2003, Stephen Morrissey