Get Well Soon: Poems

In the spring of 2020, Jamie Sharpe was in New Brunswick, purportedly studying the famed Magnetic Hill outside Moncton. A dog-walker discovered Sharpe in a ditch, disrobed except for his backpack containing a manuscript … With his fifth collection, Get Well Soon, Sharpe reaffirms "he is utter master of his language. Whether [Sharpe's] poems are the result of long lucubration or the inspiration of the moment, they bear no mark of effort, and it is not without admiration, nor even without astonishment, that one is carried along - by the noble, unswerving amble of those gorgeous stanzas, proud white hackneys harnessed in gold - into the glory of the evenings. Rich and subtle, [Jamie Sharpe]'s poetry is never merely lyrical; it always encloses an idea within the garland of its metaphors, and however vague or general that idea may be, it serves to strengthen the necklace; the pearls are secured by a thread that, though sometimes invisible, is ever sure." Sharpe's fifth collection is a language-centered book of poetry that is at once playful and weirdly wonderful. Jamie Sharpe is the author of five books of poetry. He lives in the Comox Valley, British Columbia. Sales and Market Bullets - A HIGHLY PRAISED POET: - "A self-reflective exploration of anxiety and ways to hide it … Dazzle Ships is a thoughtful collection with lots of 'funny bits,' lots of insightful bits, and is simply a delight to read." - Broken Pencil on Dazzle Ships - "Brilliant lunatic assemblage." - Today's Book of Poetry on Cut-up Apologetic - "Everything You Hold Dearis jam-packed with juicy, bright insights, observations as terrible and incisive as the best stand-up comedy … Sharpe has been slowly building a largely overlooked body of work over the last few years, and this might be his most well-crafted, minimal and sharp volume yet, filled with darkly humorous lines and a goat's head's worth of bitter blood." - Winnipeg Free Press on Everything You Hold Dear - AWARDS: Jamie Sharpe's Dazzle Ships was longlisted for the ReLit Award for Poetry (2018).