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Distillo - Basma Kavanagh (Gaspereau Press)
Today's book of poetry:Distillo. Basma Kavanagh. Gaspereau Press. Kentville, NS. 2012.Rain-makingRain making rainmaking rivers idle into quiet inlets,making mists rise above great tides,making...
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The Pattern Maker's Daughter - Sandee Gertz Umbach (Bottom Dog Press)
Today's book of poetry:The Pattern Maker's Daughter. Sandee Gertz Umbach. Working Lives Series. Bottom Dog Press. Huron, Ohio. 2012."I am rooted in this Appalachian bedrock." - Sandee Gertz...
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The Smooth Yarrow - Susan Glickman (Signal Editions)
Today's book of poetry:The Smooth Yarrow. Susan Glickman. Signal Editions. Vehicule Press. Montreal, Quebec. 2012.I fall into Susan Glickman's books as easily as into conversation with a dear old...
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Jackleg Opera, Collected Poems, 1990 to 2013 - BJ Ward (North Atlantic Books)
Today's book of poetry:Jackleg Opera, Collected Poems, 1990 to 2013. BJ Ward. North Atlantic Books. Berkeley, California. 2013.Sometimes opening a book is like taking a deep breath of unexpected...
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Yaw - Dani Couture (A Stuart Ross Book/Mansfield Press)
Today's book of poetry:Yaw. Dani Couture. A Stuart Ross Book. Mansfield Press. Toronto, Ontario. 2014.Dani Couture is a poet in full and confident stride. These solid poems resonate with...
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The More Easily Kept Illusions - The Poetry of Al Purdy, selected with an...
Today's book of poetry:The More Easily Kept Illusions. The Poetry of Al Purdy. Selected with an introduction by Robert Budde. Laurier Poetry Series. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Waterloo,...
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Old Hat - Rob Winger (Nightwood Editions)
Today's book of poetry:Old Hat. Rob Winger. Nightwood Editions. Gibsons, British Columbia. 2014.Rob Winger's Old Hat is that something new you were waiting to read. These poems have that haunting...
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Sonnets of the Cross - Joseph Bathanti (Jacar Press)
Today's book of poetry:Sonnets of the Cross. Joseph Bathanti. Jacar Press. Durham, North Carolina. 2013.If Mark Twain were a Baptist minister and he was narrating the biblical baptism by fire of...
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Falling Ash - Haibun, Haiku, Senryu & Other Poems - James Fowler (Hobblebush...
Today's book of poetry:Falling Ashes - Haibun, Haiku, Senryu & Other Poems. James Fowler. The Hobblebush Granite State Poetry Series, Volume VII. Hobblebush Books. Brookline, New Hampshire....
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The Crooning Wing - Three Greenlandic Poets - Torkilk Morch, Gerda...
Today's book of poetry:The Crooning Wind - Three Greenlandic Poets.Torkilk Morch, Gerda Hvisterdahl, Innunquaq Larsen. Translated by Nive Gronkjaer and David R. Slavitt. New American Press....
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Whiteout - George Murray (ECW Press)
Today's book of poetry:Whiteout. George Murray. Misfit. ECW Press. Toronto, Ontario. 2012.It's not that George Murray doesn't have a sense of humour but he's so pared down bare-boned to the core...
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The Lemon Bars of Parnassus - Lee Kisling (Parallel Press)
Today's book of poetry:The Lemon Bars of Parnassus. Lee Kisling. Parallel Press. University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. Madison, Wisconsin. 2013.The Lemon Bar of Parnassus by Lee Kisling is a...
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All You Ask For Is Longing - New and Selected Poems - Sean Thomas Dougherty...
Today's book of poetry:All You Ask For Is Longing. New and Selected Poems. Sean Thomas Dougherty. BOA Editions Ltd. Rochester, NY. 2014.Terrance Hayes hears Lorca in the poetry of Sean Thomas...
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The House of the Easily Amused - Shelley A. Leedahl (Oolichan Books)
Today's book of poetry:The House of the Easily Amused. Shelley A. Leedahl. Oolichan Books. Lantzville, BC. 2008.The House of the Easily Amused is quite a read and I don't say that lightly. Leedahl...
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Congress of Strange People - Stephanie Lenox (Airlie Press)
Today's book of poetry:Congress of Strange People. Stephanie Lenox. Airlie Press. Monmouth, Oregon. USA. 2012.Books like Stephanie Lenox's Congress of Strange People are a precious find. Lenox...
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I Take Back the Sponge Cake - A Lyrical Choose-Your-Own-Adventure - Loren...
Today's book of poetry:I Take Back the Sponge Cake. A Lyrical Choose-Your-Own-Adventure. Loren Erdrich & Sierra Nelson. Rose Metal Press. Brookline, MA. 2012.I Take Back the Sponge Cake is a...
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Any Psalm You Want - Khary Jackson (Write Bloody Publishing)
Today's book of poetry:Any Psalm You Want. Khary Jackson. A Write Bloody Book. Write Bloody Publishing. Austin, Texas. 2013.Khary Jackson has an exciting and articulate voice that sounds like...
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Museum of False Starts - Chip Livingston (Gival Press)
Today's book of poetry:Museum of False Starts. Chip Livingston. Gival Press. Arlington, Virginia. 2010.Museum of False Starts is an anthology of the multiple voices of Chip Livingston. Oh, you can...
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The Best Canadian Poetry 2013 In English - Guest Editor Sue Goyette/Series...
Today's book of poetry:The Best Canadian Poetry 2013 In English. Guest Editor- Sue Goyette/Series Editor- Molly Peacock. Tightrope Books Inc. Barrie, Ontario. 2013.When Sue Goyette speaks you...
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Disposable Camera - Janet Foxman (University of Chicago Press)
Today's book of poetry:Disposable Camera. Janet Foxman. University of Chicago Press. Chicago & London. 2012.Janet Foxman's debut volume of poetry Disposable Camera is full of a peaceful...
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