day moon rising - Terry Ann Carter
Today's book of poetry: day moon rising. Terry Ann Carter. Black Moss Press, Windsor, Ontario, 2012.This is Carter's fifth book of poems and Terry Ann Carter puts her money where her mouth is and...
View ArticleWhat Happened - Tom Walmsley
Today's book of poetry: What Happened. Tom Walmsley. Book Thug. Toronto, Ontario. 2007.If there is a poet in Canada willing to put more on the table than Tom Walmsley I'd sure like to read them.I...
View ArticleSucks To Be You, and other true taunts - Suzannah Showler
Today's book of poetry: Sucks To Be You, and other true taunts. Suzannah Showler. Odourless Press. Toronto, Ontario. 2013.Whoever said that good things come in small packages had it exactly right...
View ArticleThe Flicker Tree, Okanagan Poems - Nancy Holmes
Today's book of poetry: The Flicker Tree, Okanagan Poems. Nancy Holmes. Ronsdale Press. Vancouver, British Columbia. 2012.This lovely book has been nominated for the 2013 Raymond Souster Award,...
View ArticleGulf - Leslie Vryenhoek
Today's book of poetry: Gulf. Leslie Vryenhoek. Oolichan Press. Fernie, British Columbia. 2011.Leslie Vryenhoek's Gulf is her first book of poetry but it is not the work of a rookie. Vryenhoek's...
View ArticleThe Truth of Houses - Ann Scowcroft
Today's book of poetry: The Truth of Houses. Ann Scowcroft. Brick Books. London, Ontario. 2011.Ann Scowcroft does a very difficult trick in The Truth of Houses. This is the trick where one writes...
View ArticleHungry - Daniel Karasik
Today's book of poetry: Hungry. Daniel Karasik. Cormorant Books. Markham, Ontario. 2013.Daniel Karasik is a successful playwright and Hungry is his first book of poetry. In it, Karasik sets...
View ArticleWhite Sheets - Beverley Bie Brahic
Today's book of poetry: White Sheets. Beverley Bie Brahic. Fitzhenry & Whiteside. Markham, Ontario. 2012.Beverley Bie Brahic is a Canadian who was born in Saskatoon, raised in Vancouver and...
View ArticleBrilliant Falls - John Terpstra
Today's book of poetry: Brilliant Falls. John Terpstra. Gaspereau Press. Kentville, Nova Scotia. 2013.John Terpstra was nominated for the 2004 Governor General's Literary Award for his book...
View ArticleHow Poetry Saved My Life (A Hustler's Memoir) - Amber Dawn
Today's book of poetry: How Poetry Saved My Life (A Hustler's Memoir). Amber Dawn. Arsenal Pulp Press. Vancouver, British Columbia. 2013.In How Poetry Saved My Life (A Hustler's Memoir) Amber...
View ArticleEnter The Raccoon - Beatriz Hausner
Today's book of poetry: Enter The Raccoon. Beatriz Hausner. Book Thug. Toronto, Ontario. 2012.Beatriz Hausner's Enter The Raccoon echoes back to Marion Engel's novel Bear from the 1970's. In Bear...
View Articlemilk tooth bane bone - Daniela Elza
Today's book of poetry: milk tooth bane bone. Daniela Elza. Leaf Press. Lantzville, British Columbia. 2013.Daniela Elza's second book of poetry milk tooth bane bone is populated with poems that...
View ArticleSkin Like Mine - Garry Gottfriedson
Today's book of poetry: Skin Like Mine. Garry Gottfriedson. Ronsdale Press. Vancouver, British Columbia. 2010.Red Elk's ProtegeI was schooled in Coloradobrought here in the name of Gerald Red...
View ArticleAlien, Correspondent - Antony Di Nardo
Today's book of poetry: Alien, Correspondent. Antony Di Nardo. Brick Books. London, Ontario. 2010.So now I have to go searching for Antony Di Nardo's other 2010 book, Soul on Standby (Exile...
View ArticleTwo O'Clock Creek (Poems New and Selected) - Bruce Hunter
Today's book of poetry: Two O'Clock Creek (Poems New and Selected). Bruce Hunter. Oolichan Books. Fernie, British Columbia. 2010.I like sport metaphors. Bruce Hunter, may he forgive me, fits...
View ArticleA Bee Garden - Marilyn Gear Pilling
Today's book of poetry: A Bee Garden. Marilyn Gear Pilling. Cormorant Books. Markham, Ontario. 2013.When I read the books of poetry for this blog I keep a note pad beside me and jot down the...
View ArticleAlongside - Anne Compton
Today's book of poetry: Alongside. Anne Compton. Fitzhenry & Whiteside. Markham, Ontario. 2013."Reading, it seems, lessens the sorrow of being awake....
View ArticleTeeth, untucked - Nicholas Papaxanthos
Today's book of poetry: Teeth, untucked. Nicholas Papaxanthos. Proper Tales Press. Cobourg, Ontario. 2011.Dog's Ode to a Dead StarfishO!Dead Starfish!All dried upand crumblylike an...
View ArticleThe Lease - Mathew Henderson
Today's book of poetry: The Lease. Mathew Henderson. Coach House Press. Toronto, Ontario. 2012.The first couple of weeksof this blog, I was writing about books from my own collection, books I had...
View ArticleOcean - Sue Goyette
Today's book of poetry: Ocean. Sue Goyette. Gaspereau Press. Kentville, Nova Scotia. 2013.As with most Gaspereau press books, Ocean by Sue Goyette is visually and esthetically beautiful. Andrew...
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