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Earl Birney's Vancouver Lights
“From blankness and cold we fashioned stars to our size and signalled Alderbaran ”(28-29) is the most interesting and mysterious word choice of the entire composition. The metaphysical and physical symbolism of Taurus and the the guiding nature of stellar cartography is a wonderful addition to this piece. What does the star of the spring equinox have to do with the overall message and deeper meaning of “Vancouver lights”? The most obvious conclusion is that Earl Birney is a master of metaphor, he is gifted with a natural ability, to layer deep complexity and wonder, by the simple addition of a single

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