Meditation on a Tooth

The poems in Kenneth Sherman’s new collection are by turns lyric, ironic, and prophetic, ranging from the personal to the political. In ＂A Walk Along Lakeshore Drive,＂ and ＂Spy Balloon,＂ Sherman shows himself to be a poet who listens to the voice of Canadian soil while being attentive to the European theme of the soul in conflict with the world and time. At the centre of the collection is the powerful seven-part poem, ＂Meditation on a Tooth,＂ a work which oscillates between history and science, never wavering from its spiritual quest.

Kenneth Sheran is a Canadian poet and essayist. He has written ten books of poetry. His 2017 memoir, Wait Time, was nominated for the RBC Taylor Prize for non-fiction. He is a three-time winner of the Canadian-Jewish Book Awards. His newest collection Meditation on a Tooth is coming out in 2025 with Guernica Editions.