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The Game of 100 Ghosts - Terry Watada (TSAR Publications)
Today's book of poetry:The Game of 100 Ghosts, Hyaku Monogatari Kwaidan-kai. Terry Watada. TSAR Publications. Toronto, Ontario. 2014.Official notice: ANYONE who writes a tribute poem to Laura Nyro...
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Two Tragedies in 429 Breaths - Susan Paddon (Brick Books)
Today's book of poetry:Two Tragedies in 429 Breaths. Susan Paddon. Brick Books. London, Ontario. 2014.The deeper the reader goes into the utterly compelling Two Tragedies in 429 Breaths the more...
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Before the First Word - The Poetry of Lorna Crozier, selected with an...
Today's book of poetry:Before the First Word - The Poetry of Lorna Crozier, selected with an introduction by Catherine Hunter. Laurier Poetry Series. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Waterloo,...
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Magpie Days - Brenda Sciberras (Turnstone Press)
Today's book of poetry:Magpie Days. Brenda Sciberras. Turnstone Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 2014.A magpie can mimic voices other than its own -- perhaps that's why they show up again and again in...
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The Things I Heard About You - Alex Leslie (A Blewointment Book/Nightwood...
Today's book of poetry:The Things I Heard About You. Alex Leslie. A Blewointment Book. Nightwood Editions. Gibsons, British Columbia. 2014.Today's book of poetry is admittedly a conservative...
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The Grey Tote - Deena Kara Shaffer (Signal Editions/Vehicule Press)
Today's book of poetry:The Grey Tote. Deena Kara Shaffer. Signal Editions. Vehicule Press. Montreal, Quebec. 2013.Deena Kara Shaffer sure makes a sad but excellent debut. The Grey Tote is a...
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Washita - Patrick Lane (Harbour Publishing)
Today's book of poetry:Washita. Patrick Lane. Harbour Publishing. Madeira Park, British Columbia. 2014.Most of us are familiar with the poetry of Patrick Lane - for those of you who aren't - Mr....
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Some Talk of Being Human - Laura Farina (A Stuart Ross Book/Mansfield Press)
Today's book of poetry:Some Talk of Being Human. Laura Farina. A Stuart Ross Book. Mansfield Press. Toronto, Ontario. 2014.Of course I like every book I post on Today's book of poetry - that's the...
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Paper Radio - Damian Rogers (a misfit book/ECW Press)
Today's book of poetry:Paper Radio. Damian Rogers. a misfit book/ECW Press. Toronto, Ontario. 2009.There are a few people whose opinions about poetry make me pause and take notice.If you read this...
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The Lawyer Who Died in the Courthouse Bathroom - Thomas J. Erickson (Parallel...
Today's book of poetry:The Lawyer Who Died in the Courthouse Bathroom. Thomas J. Erickson. Parallel Press. University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. Madison, Wisconsin. 2013.(This one is for...
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Scarsdale - Dan O'Brien (CB Editions)
Today's book of poetry:Scarsdale. Dan O'Brien. CB Editions. London, England. 2014.Back in October of 2013 Today's book of poetry was happy to look at Dan O'Brien's first book of poetry War...
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Fantasy - Ben Fama (Ugly Duckling Presse)
Today's book of poetry:Fantasy. Ben Fama. Ugly Duckling Presse. Brooklyn, New York. 2015."Sunset", a four page prose poem, opens Fantasy by Ben Fama, and reading it is like the first time you do a...
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Cartography - Rhona McAdam (Oolichan Books)
Today's book of poetry:Cartography. Rhona McAdam. Oolichan Books. Lantzville, B.C. 2006.At Today's book of poetry every book that arrives at our door is new (unless of course we've already read it,...
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The Weight of the Island - Selected Poems of Virgilio Pinera - Translated by...
Today's book of poetry:The Weight of the Island - Selected Poems of Virgilio Pinera - Translated by Pablo Medina.Dialogos. An Imprint of Lavender Ink. New Orleans, Louisiana. 2014.The Weight of the...
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Circa Nineteen Hundred and Grief - Tim Bowling (Gaspereau Press)
Today's book of poetry:Circa Nineteen Hundred and Grief. Tim Bowling. Gaspereau Press. Kentville, Nova Scotia. 2014.The picture I have of the cover does not do justice to the lovely Wesley Bates...
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Off to wrassle alligators and pythons in Florida. Wish us well.See you April Fool's Day.Michael Dennis
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Resume - Chris Green (Mayapple Press)
Today's book of poetry:Resume. Chris Green. Mayapple Press. Woodstock, N.Y. 2015.Today's book of poetry is tickled pink to be back in the saddle after our sojourn to the south. Luckily I took a...
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Embers on the Stairs - Ruth Bavetta (Moon Tide Press)
Today's book of poetry:Embers on the Stairs. Ruth Bavetta. Moon Tide Press. Irvine, California. 2014.Ruth Bavetta reads like the most reasonable person on earth in the poems found in Embers on the...
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Light Takes - Mia Anderson (Cormorant Books)
Today's book of poetry:Light Takes. Mia Anderson. Cormorant Books. Toronto, Ontario. 2014.It Isn't What You Would ThinkIt isn't what you would think,divine power.It is much more likepowerlessness...
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Retrograde - Puma Perl (Great Weather for Media)
Today's book of poetry:Retrograde. Puma Perl. Great Weather for Media. New York, New York. 2014.I don't know yet if Puma Perl is my new favourite poet, I'll have to read Retrograde a couple more...
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