Wind and Root

The poems in Wind and Root emerge from two powerful and sometimes contradictory forces in the poet's life: one, the rural traditions, landscapes and seascapes of his native province, and the other, a profound desire to move and see beyond those boundaries. Brent MacLaine's work displays a range of poetical responses—lyrical, tragic, dramatic, realistic, ironic, humorous—from an imagination that swings between the experiences of there and away—of wind—and the experiences of here and home—of root.