Holding Pattern

Spring 2002

Paperback 112 pages

Poetry

Holding Pattern is the latest poetry collection by the award-winning poet Shane Rhodes. Throughout this collection, Rhodes investigates the boundaries between poetry and fiction through a selection of lyrical poems and two long poems, "Clutch" and the title piece "holding pattern." A love affair unfolds alongside excerpts from Kafka’s journals. A pornographer remembers his childhood. The end of a relationship takes place in the banter between footnotes and a poem. A family’s stories are revealed with the ticking of a pocket watch. This second collection places Rhodes within a small group of young, talented writers at the breaking point—and forefront—of Canadian poetry.