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Still Life with Judas & Lightning - Dawn Diez Willis (Airlie Press)
Today's book of poetry:Still Life with Judas & Lightning. Dawn Diez Willis.  Airlie Press.  Monmouth, Oregon.  2013.Dawn Diez Willis is a funny gal.  These clean, sparse poems are dense, as in...
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The Book of Goodbyes - Jillian Weise (BOA Editions)
Today's book of poetry:The Book of Goodbyes. Jillian Weise.  American Poets Continuum Series, No. 138.  BOA Editions Ltd.  Rochester, NY.  2013The ISABELLA GARDNER POETRY AWARD for 2013Jillian Weise...
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The Critique of Pure Reason - Ross Leckie (Frog Hollow Press)
Today's book of poetry:The Critique of Pure Reason. Ross Leckie.  Frog Hollow Press.  Victoria, British Columbia.  2013.  (Edition limited to 125 numbered copies)This is a huge bastardization of the...
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Catherine's Laughter - C.K. Williams (Sarabande Books)
Today's book of poetry:Catherine's Laughter. C.K. Williams.  Quarternote Chapbook Series #11.  Sarabande Books.  Louisville, Kentucky.  2013.Every woman should be so lucky as to have an eloquent poet...
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Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting - Kevin Powers (Little, Brown...
Today's book of poetry:Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting. Kevin Powers.  Little, Brown and Company.  New York, New York.  2014Today's book of poetry is breaking one of its' own...
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Chaos Inside Thunderstorms - Garry Gottfriedson (Ronsdale Press)
Today's book of poetry:Chaos Inside Thunderstorms. Garry Gottfriedson.  Ronsdale Press.  Vancouver, British Columbia.  2014."There is no hint  of apology or a waver of doubt in what he knows, and what...
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Caput Nili, How I Won the War and Lost My Taste For Oranges - Lisa Gill (West...
Today's book of poetry:Caput Nili, How I Won the War and Lost My Taste for Oranges. Lisa Gill.  With art by Kris Mills.  West End Press with Burning Books.  Albuquerque, New Mexico.  2011.This isn't...
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A Most Beautiful Deception - Melissa Morelli Lacroix (University of Alberta...
Today's book of poetry:A Most Beautiful Deception. Melissa Morelli Lacroix.  University of Alberta Press.  Edmonton, Alberta. 2014.A Most Beautiful Deception indeed, to write poetry of this calibre is...
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How A Mirage Works - Beverly Burch (Sixteen Rivers Press)
Today's book of poetry:How a Mirage Works. Beverly Burch.  Sixteen Rivers Press.  San Francisco, California.  2014.In 2004 Beverly Burch published Sweet to Burn (Gival Press), and I wrote about it on...
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Some Birds Walk For The Hell Of It - C. R. Avery (Anvil Press)
Today's book of poetry:Some Birds Walk For The Hell Of It. Â C. R. Avery. Â Anvil Press. Â Vancouver, British Columbia. Â 2014.For sheer step on the mother-bleeping gas excitement you'll be hard pressed to...
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Today's book of poetry will be taking a short break.  Be back soon.Upcoming:In The Tiger Park  - Alison Calder  (Coteau Books)Newcomer  -  Nathaniel Farrell  (Ugly Duckling Books)Everyone is co2  -...
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In The Tiger Park - Alison Calder (Coteau Books)
Today's book of poetry:In The Tiger Park. Alison Calder.  Coteau Books.  Regina, Saskatchewan.  2014."On the way to work we hold hands"Utterly charming.  The last line of this excellent...
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Newcomer - Nathaniel Farrell (Ugly Duckling Presse)
Today's book of poetry:Newcomer. Nathaniel Farrell.  Ugly Duckling Presse.  Brooklyn, New York.  2014.Nathaniel Farrell's Newcomer is the imagined journal of a very eloquent foot soldier, most likely...
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Everyone is CO2 - David James Brock (A Buckrider Book/Wolsak & Wynn Publishers)
Today's book of poetry:Everyone Is CO2. David James Brock.  A Buckrider Book.  Wolsak & Wynn Publishers.  Hamilton, Ontario.  2014.Asshhole, Werewolf, HangoverFrom the bed, the spin. The blinds...
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Blame It On The Moon - Lisa Shatzky (Black Moss Press)
Today's book of poetry:Blame It On The Moon. Lisa Shatzky.  Black Moss Press.  Windsor, Ontario.  2013.OwnershipShe owns a motorbike she never rides.It sits shiny and new in an over-stuffed garagewith...
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Mountain Redemption - Nick McRae (Black Laurence Press)
Today's book of poetry:Mountain Redemption. Â Nick McRae. Â Black Laurence Press. Â Pittsburgh, PA. Â 2013."Miracles can't save us from our fears - "Â says Nick McRae in the poem 'Pessimists Guide to...
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Ordinary Hours - Karen Enns (Brick Books)
Today's book of poetry:Ordinary Hours. Karen Enns.  Brick Books.  London, Ontario.  2014.Last August Today's book of poetry thoroughly enjoyed Karen Enns' first book That Other Beauty. You can see...
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Field Marks - The Poetry of Don McKay selected and with an introduction by...
Today's book of poetry:Field Marks. Â The Poetry of Don McKay selected with an introduction by Meira Cook. Â Laurier Poetry Series. Â Wilfred Laurier University Press. Â Waterloo, Ontario. Â 2006.The entire...
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Minutiae - Nelson Ball (Apt. 9 Press)
Today's book of poetry:Minutiae.  Nelson Ball.  Apt. 9 Press.  Ottawa, Ontario.  2014.Back in April of 2013 Today's book of poetry looked at Nelson Ball's In This Thin Rain (Mansfield Press, 2012), and...
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Canoodlers - Andrea Bennett (Nightwood Editions)
Today's book of poetry:Canoodlers. Andrea Bennett. Nightwood Editions.  Gibsons, B.C.  2014.Canoodlers really is a charming book of poetry.  Andrea Bennett has debuted with a collection that is both...
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