By the noted Louisiana Poet. Volume 1 of the Louisiana Writers Series.

"The main theme is life in Darrell's poetry. And you see this in motion, in colors, and music. Whether he is writing about old women fishing from bridges, or children playing in the house, or a member of his family standing for a portrait, Darrell wants you to see, feel, and hear that moment - which you do. "
- Ernest Gaines

"Darrell Bourque is a poet whose work has sought and found a rare luminescence. The Blue Boat is another stunning collection that furthers his achievement and takes him into mysterious directions. At once profoundly regional - this is work that had to come from deep Louisiana, from an Acadian heart - and worldly, Bourque's poems remind us not only where we live, but where we dream. I consider his work to be primary and inimitable."
- Luis Urrea

"Bourque's voice has developed into one of the most genuine and interesting poetic voices. I know of no one who has created a language like Bourque's. Its striking originality may come out of his straddling, for most of his life, two languages, French and English. The syntax has remnants of French, remnants of the syntax of Cajuns speaking English, and remnants of the formal English one learns in school. There's not a false note in this manuscript, not a poem, not a word, a line, nor a stanza that doesn't feel important and true, in the deepest sense of the word."
- Sheryl St. Germain



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