Incarnate - Juleta Severson-Baker
Today's book of poetry: Incarnate. Juleta Severson-Baker. Frontenac House Press. Calgary, Alberta. 2013.Juleta Severson-Baker takes a broad swat at lust in the pages of Incarnate.Down Will I LieI...
View ArticleKnife Throwing Through Self-Hypnosis - Robin Richardson
Today's book of poetry: Knife Throwing Through Self-Hypnosis. Robin Richardson. A Misfit Book. ECW Press. Toronto, Ontario. 2013.Disco At The End Of DaysSaints go screeching down the...
View ArticleDeath Centos - Diana Arterian
Today's book of poetry: Death Centos. Diana Arterian. Ugly Duckling Presse. Brooklyn, USA. 2013."I'm so happy" last words of Jacques Arterian (author's grandfather)To quote the editors at Ugly...
View ArticleWar Reporter - Dan O'Brien
Today's book of poetry: War Reporter. Dan O'Brien. Hanging Loose Press. Brooklyn, New York. 2013.American poet and playwright Dan O'Brien uses Canadian war reporter Paul Watson as a conduit for...
View ArticleMeeting the Tormentors in Safeway - Alexandra Oliver
Today's book of poetry: Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway. Alexandra Oliver. Biblioasis. Windsor, Ontario.Formalism is not the ground I usually walk, so how do I explain my complete fascination...
View ArticleWhat's Best For Us - Linda Crosfield
Today's book of poetry: What's Best For Us. Linda Crosfield. Nose In Book Publishing. Castlegar, British Columbia. 2013.Over the past three days I've read several books of poetry with the...
View ArticleThe Secret Signature of Things - Eve Joseph
Today's book of poetry: The Secret Signature of Things. Eve Joseph. Brick Books. London, Ontario. 2010.Golden RetrieverI'm contentcurled at the feetof the old men sitting at their tablesin the...
View ArticleX - Poems & Anti-Poems - Shane Rhodes
Today's book of poetry: X - Poems & Anti-Poems. Shane Rhodes. a blewointment book. Nightwood Editions. Gibsons, British Columbia. 2013.Shane Rhodes and I know each other, although not very...
View ArticleMedallions Of Belief - Fred Wah
Today's book of poetry: Medallions Of Belief. Fred Wah. Book Thug. Toronto, Ontario. 2012.In Medallions Of Belief Fred Wah takes on the Occasional Poem. Occasional poetry is written to mark an...
View ArticlePreviously Feared Darkness - Robert Priest
Today's book of poetry: Previously Feared Darkness. Robert Priest. ECW Press. Misfit. Toronto, Ontario. 2013.JinxEinstein and Heidelberg both said"There's no simultaneityover vast distances"at...
View ArticleThe Robot Dreams - Michael e. Casteels
Today's book of poetry: The Robot Dreams. Michael e. Casteels. Puddles of Sky Press. Kingston, Ontario. 2013Portrait of a Stranger on a Train in a DreamYour eyes are twin oceans the size of...
View ArticleThe True Names of Birds - Susan Goyette
Today's book of poetry: The True Names of Birds. Susan Goyette. Brick Books. London, Ontario. 1998, 2008.When I opened Sue Goyette's first book, The True Names of Birds, I saw something you rarely...
View ArticleInfiltration - Ben Groh
Today's book of poetry: Infiltration. Ben Groh. Grow & Grow. growandgrow@yahoo.ca. 2013.Ben Groh's very handsome debut chapbook Infiltration is an entirely new kettle of fish for me. This...
View ArticleThe Sound The Sun Makes - Leanne McIntosh
Today's book of poetry: The Sound The Sun Makes. Leanne McIntosh. Oolichan Poetry. Lantzville, British Columbia. 2003.There is an enchanting familiarity to The Sound The Sun Makes. These poems...
View ArticleLight Light - Julie Joosten
Today's book of poetry: Light Light. Julie Joosten. Book Thug. Toronto, Ontario. 2013Julie Joosten's first book Light Light floats in your hands when you open it. These poems are meditations of...
View ArticleThank You for the Window Office - Maged Zaher
Today's book of poetry: Thank You for the Window Office. Maged Zaher. Ugly Duckling Presse. Brooklyn, New York. 2012.Leonard Swartz suggested that Maged Zaher might be an Arabic Coptic Christian...
View ArticleWhirr & Click - Micheline Maylor
Today's book of poetry: Whirr & Click. Micheline Maylor. Frontenac House Press. Calgary, Alberta. 2013.Unfettered and alive. A phrase from a Joni Mitchell song. It comes to mind easily...
View ArticleRituals - Rae Armantrout
Today's book of poetry: Rituals. Rae Armantrout. above/ground press. Ottawa, Ontario. 2013.This short chapbook by Rae Armantrout from the ever industrious above/ground press, is proof pudding that...
View ArticlePsychedelic Norway - John Colburn
Today's book of poetry: Psychedelic Norway. John Colburn. Coffee House Press. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2013. "Plain, simple: open this book to page 149. when I heard John Colburn recite...
View ArticleBizarre Winery Tragedy - Lyle Neff
Today's book of poetry: Bizarre Winery Tragedy. Lyle Neff. Anvil Press. Vancouver, British Columbia. 2005.Lyle Neff's Bizarre Winery Tragedy is a breath of fresh air, a cleaning of the cobwebs...
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