David Zieroth
The Fly in Autumn
Poetry English-Language
David Zieroth, North Vancouver,
The Fly in Autumn.
(Harbour Publishing;
distributed by the publisher)
(ISBN 978-1-55017-468-7)
Biography
David Zieroth has been writing poetry for some 50 years – since he was in the eighth grade, growing up on his parents' farm in Manitoba. He began publishing his work in the agricultural newspaper, The Western Producer, under the pseudonym Mr. Whippoorwill. Since then his work has appeared in dozens of anthologies and he has published eight books, including How I Joined Humanity at Last (1999), which won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Former editor of the literary journal, Event, he taught at Douglas College in New Westminster, B.C. for 25 years before retiring and founding the Alfred Gustav Press. David Zieroth was born in Neepawa, Manitoba and now lives in North Vancouver, B.C.
Jury's comment
In The Fly in Autumn, David Zieroth addresses our common and defining human fate – the loneliness that is a rehearsal for death – with a tenderness and buoyancy that shows the reader “how to walk in the dark with flowers.” The intricacy and exuberance of rhyme and the breadth of vision are stunning.