Wrack Line

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, M.W. Jaeggle is the author of three chapbooks, Janus on the Pacific, The Night of the Crash, and Choreography for a Falling Blouse. He lives in Buffalo, New York, where he is a PhD student in the Department of English at SUNY Buffalo. Wrack Line is his first book of poetry.

• OneAutumn, According to ChildhoodSing against the LakeUbi SuntChetamon Mountain, JasperSnowy OwlBecoming the GroundPoem by Fridge LightLetter to a Friend Concerning Another’s WhereaboutsWater Pump VernacularSpruce and PollenApricityKundalini StrandA Small PoemPoem in the Manner of Wang WeiInhibitionParallaxThe QuayAn Exercise in SilenceGut BluesArbutus BreathOn Boulevard de l’AcadieThe House Written the Night BeforeParc-Extension, Late FebruaryWool OvercoatElegy for AprilSehnsuchtCandlesSalmon Run, Horsefly RiverWrack LineTwoThe Night of the CrashA Clear Taste to the AirA Theory of WinterAt the Kitchen WindowA Game between SiblingsA Summer Day in Prince RupertForgettingDust Being a Patina on SilenceAs Moths Gently Thud the Porch LightThreeAmor de LonhFourColville’s HorsesNotesAcknowledgements

“Forceful reflection.”  —Literary Review of Canada"Jaeggle uses the wrack line—the area of seashore where organic material and other debris is deposited at high tide—brilliantly as a metaphor for poetry, not only as a palimpsest record of one's life, the gathered detritus in lines, but also the grey spaces between the breaking of waves." —BC Review"An assured debut that augurs well for future volumes." —The Miramichi Reader"There are some stunning moments and movements across Jaeggle’s Wrack Line; I am very curious to see where he might go next.” —Rob McLennan“Jaeggle’s precise, tender, often surprising evocations of the natural world allow me to feel his earth as something seen, renewed and renewable. The joys of perceiving and making words work carry me with the lightest touch toward pleasure and human connection, where awareness trumps sorrow and angst. The details and images, warm and charming, contribute much to the book’s wisdom.” —David Zieroth, author of watching for life"From memory, from brushstroke, from tidal aftermath, M.W. Jaeggle’s poems contain profound resonances." —Laurie D. Graham, author of Fast Commut