Download or read book I Am Here and Not Not-there written by Margaret Avison and published by The Porcupine's Quill. This book was released on 2009 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This question was put by a registrant: What makes a poet's language distinctive?' We all fell silent, trying to pin it down, then tried to answer. Not just affection for words, which is common to all good writers; not necessarily a matter of cadence, formal structures, rhythm. The answer that came to me, forced out of minutes of dismissing options, was new to me too: It is saying I am here and not not-there''.'