“The tall sticky plants that cling to your clothes when walking up late summer hedgerows are a species of aparine, taken from the Greek apara meaning to “seize”. With seven illustrations and six very brief poems, Cook collages references to Galium aparine, otherwise known as cleavers, or clivers, cliver-ma-clitch and sticky willy (young leaves may be eaten as a cooked vegetable). 16 pages saddle-stitched with letterpress cover and peacock blue end sheets.”; poems with references to the Galium Aparine plant, and a few collaged pencil and pen illustrations on ruled or graph paper, the cover is letterpressed and the end sheets are a deep petrol shade.
Saddle-stitched, 19,5 x 13,5 cm, 16 not numbered pages, (ed/35), Mayne Island Vancouver 2014
