Agony - Steven Zultanski
Today's book of poetry: Agony. Steven Zultanski. BookThug. Toronto, Ontario. 2012.Steven Zultanski's Agony is the first part of a trilogy of long confessional poems. To hear Zultanski read from...
View ArticleDark Matter - Leanne McIntosh with Jack Sproule
Today's book of poetry: Dark Matter. Leanne McIntosh with Jack Sproule. Leaf Press. Lantzville, British Columbia. 2013. I am fixated on the paradigm shift and I tend to look for it in almost...
View ArticleThe Adultery Poems - Nancy Holmes
Today's book of poetry: The Adultery Poems. Nancy Holmes. Ronsdale Press. Vancouver, British Columbia. 2002.The Adultery Poems by Nancy Holmes covers the emotional ground of infidelity in both...
View ArticleFour Hundred Rabbits - Steven Artelle
Today's book of poetry: Four Hundred Rabbits. Steven Artelle. Angel House Press. Ottawa, Ontario. 2013. Edition of 50.Steven Artelle's book Four Hundred Rabbits is made up of one longish poem, it...
View ArticlePhrases - E. D. Blodgett
Today's book of poetry: Phrases. E. D. Blodgett. Edition du Noroit, Buschek Books. Montreal, Quebec. 2012.Edward Dickinson Blodgett (1935 - ), is a writer with an established reputation. Born and...
View ArticleWhisky Sour City - Edited by Vanessa Shields
Today's book of poetry: Whisky Sour City. Edited by Vanessa Shields. Black Moss Press. Windsor. Ontario. 2013.There are no author notes in this collection, Alistair MacLeod, who taught in Windsor...
View ArticleRebel Women - Vancy Kasper
Today's book of poetry: Rebel Women. Vancy Kasper. Inanna Publications. Toronto, Ontario. 2013.Vancy Kasper has been a feminist for over 30 years. That's a long time to spend making oneself...
View Articlepunchlines 1.0 - Aaron Tucker
Today's book of poetry: punchlines 1.0. Aaron Tucker. above/ground press. Maxville, Ontaro. 2013.Finally, I get to say something about the small presses hardest working man, Rob McLennan....
View ArticleWater Damage - Peter Norman
Today's book of poetry: Water Damage. Peter Norman. A Stuart Ross Book. Mansfield Press. Toronto. Ontario. 2013Peter Norman's second Mansfield Press title Water Damage fulfills all of the...
View ArticleMasham Means Evening - Kanina Dawson
Today's book of poetry: Masham Means Evening. Kanina Dawson. Coteau Books. Regina. Saskatchewan. 2013.A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of hearing Kanina Dawson read several of the poems from...
View ArticleNeed Machine - Andrew Faulkner
Today's book of poetry: Need Machine. Andrew Faulkner. Coach House Books. Toronto. Ontario. 2013.Andrew Faulkner's first book from Toronto's venerated Coach House Press, Need Machine, is simply...
View ArticleYou Exist. Details Follow. - Stuart Ross
Today's book of poetry: You Exist. Details Follow. Stuart Ross. Anvil Press. Vancouver, British Columbia. 2012A DISCLAIMER: Everything I am about to say must be digested with the reader knowing...
View ArticleAnimal Husbandry Today - Jamie Sharpe
Today's book of poetry: Animal Husbandry Today. Jamie Sharpe. ECW Press. Toronto, Ontario. 2012.(Noun) & (Noun)Today is the 50th anniversary of this poemand although the chapbook it was...
View ArticleInterruptions In Glass - Tracy Hamon
Today's book of poetry: Interruptions In Glass. Tracy Hamon. Coteau Books. Regina, Saskatchewan. 2010.Tracy Hamon's first book This Is Not Eden was a finalist for two Saskatchewan Book Awards,...
View ArticleA Nervous City - Chris Pannell
Today's book of poetry: A Nervous City. Chris Pannell. Wolsak and Wynn. Hamilton, Ontario. 2013.It was after I had read several poems. It was a certain feeling, a particular sense of the...
View ArticleTrobairitz - Catherine Owen
Today's book of poetry: Trobairitz. Catherine Owen. Anvil Press. Vancouver, British Columbia. 2012.Catherine Owen is a Vancouver poet who has appeared on this blog before. I wrote about her Angel...
View ArticleIndigena Awry - Annharte
Today's book of poetry: Indigena Awry. Annharte. New Star Books. Vancouver, British Columbia, 2012.Annharte (Marie Baker) is Anishinabe (Little Saskatchewan First Nation, Manitoba), but she is not...
View ArticleToo Bad - Robert Kroetsch
Today's book of poetry: Too Bad, Sketches Toward a Self-Portrait. Robert Kroetsch. University of Alberta Press. Edmonton, Alberta. 2010.I could not possibly agree with Judith Fitzgerald more, in...
View ArticleVoices In The Waterfall - Beth Cuthand
Today's book of poetry: Voices In The Waterfall. Beth Cuthand. Theytus Books. Pentiction, British Columbia. 2008.Post-Oka Kinda WomanHere she comes strutting down your street.This post-Oka woman...
View ArticleSeawrack - David Helwig
Today's book of poetry: Seawrack. David Helwig. (Contemporary Canadian Poets: Vol 7). Frog Hollow Press. Victoria, British Columbia. 2013One of the first poetry reviews I wrote was in 1982 for...
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