{"product_id":"the-captain-poetry-poems-bp-nichol-9781897388600","title":"The Captain Poetry Poems","description":"Poetry, comic book art, pop culture, concrete poetry, the lyric, the myth of the cowboy, even the myth of the poet-hero: these are just some of the avenues explored by bpNichol in\u003ci\u003e The Captain Poetry Poems.\u003c\/i\u003e In this short portrait of the poet as a young man, our hero is a dilemma: part fabrication and part confession, Cap is a character created by these poems that extends their author into realms of possible identities. Who is he? Is he a poet? Is he a hero? Is he the bearer of heretofore important and unknown knowledge about the world? Written at a time when questions about what poetry might be; when questions about what the figure of the poet might be, \u003ci\u003eThe Captain Poetry Poems\u003c\/i\u003e shows Nichol working through some of the clichZs inherant to both his craft and his identity. Playful, even at times silly, but never without the human intelligence Nichol is best known for, these poems may not be the \"best\" work in Nichol's oeuvre, but their experiments reveal important considerations for poets and their approach to craft. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1970 as a mimeo production by bill bissett's seminal blewointment press (the same year that Michael Ondaatje issued his documentary on Nichol titled \u003ci\u003eThe Sons of Captain Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e), smatterings of \u003ci\u003eThe Captain Poetry Poems\u003c\/i\u003e have appeared over the years but never in their entirety. Now, in \"official book form\" for the first time, these poems will at last be available to scholars, poets, and other fine human beings. With an introduction by bill bissett and an afterword by George Bowering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bp Nichol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1897388608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781897388600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.80w x 0.30d","brand":"Bp Nichol","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962212405503,"sku":"9781897388600","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94cdf51a-93d6-4132-9362-ef9aad1caa7c.jpg?v=1750649670","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-captain-poetry-poems-bp-nichol-9781897388600","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}