Food Court - Poetry by Timothy Kaiser

"Tim Kaiser tells it like it is but with wit, rhythm and stinging visual acuity" -- David Wilson, South China Morning Post reviewer

Reviews and comment
"These are strong poems, founded on dig and lift and sheer delight. Tim Kaiser occupies that ever-expanding space between West and East... A wonderful debut." -- Charles Foran, award-winning author of The Last House of Ulster and Butterfly Lovers

"Humour, humane sensitivity and clarity of expression combine to draw one into the reality of various places and times, and to reflect on the poignancy of our common human experience." -- David Barnard, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Regina

"Running his fingers over the maps of Hong Kong, Canada, and anywhere, Kaiser finds the surprise of confluence, taking us everywhere. Kaiser's poems know the blues, sing the songs of days, making space by filling it with the gift of unknowable endings." -- Page Richards, Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong and Co-ordinator of the Moving Poetry Project for Hong Kong schoolchildren

"Tim Kaiser's offers little stories of family life and daily living in China, each with sensitive insights and, more often than not, a surprise ending with an unusual and vivid image." -- Andrew Parkin, former Chair of English at Chinese University of Hong Kong

"Clear-eyed, unsentimental, with a sure eye for the moment when the observation must be rendered poetic, Kaiser shows us what all our mornings bring with humor, compassion and hope for humanity." -- Xu Xi, celebrated author of five works of fiction and co-editor of City Voices: Hong Kong Writing in English, 1945 to present

"...a wonderful book... In Kaiser's poetry, Hong Kong is alive, complicated and beautiful, as are the prairies of Saskatchewan, and all points in between. This poetry is vast and worldly, and at its heart is a deep, rich sense of home. Everywhere is home in these poems... The poems will take the reader around the world, the poet a funny, brilliant host." -- Rebecca Lee, Radcliffe Institute Fellow and professor of creative writing, University of North Carolina Wilmington, author of the upcoming The City is A Rising Tide