A Compact of Words Charbel Dagher "His wry wit and verbal

"His wry wit and verbal acrobatics

getting it down by heart

A native of Enniscorthy

the authors and critics Abdo Wazen

the creation of Nat’s Georgians

A Compact of Words Charbel Dagher "His wry wit and verbalA Compact of Words, Canadian poet Rob McLennan's fifteenth trade poetry title, comes out of a series of reflections on domestic matters a break up, his daughter influenced by the ghazal as brought into Canadian literature through the American ex pat John Thompson in the 1970s. Through disparate leaps, the lines write as much between them as the words themselves, writing out a clear and present labyrinthine voice that goes beyond even what the words