Patrick Woodcock has spent the past seven years engaging with and being shaped by the people, politics, and landscapes of the Kurdish north of Iraq, Fort Good Hope in the Northwest Territories, and Azerbaijan. His powerful new collection offers a poetry that simultaneously explores hope and horror while documenting the transformative processes of coping. "You can t bury them all" follows the narratives we construct to survive the tragic failures of our humanity to their very end: everything that s buried by snow, dirt, and ash, just like everything that s buried by politics, homophobia, sexism, racism, religion, and history is resurrected, demanding to be heard and addressed. In each of the worlds he touches, Woodcock discovers a spirit and strength to celebrate. "
