Her Red Hair Rises With The Wings Of Insects - Catherine Graham
Today's book of poetry: Her Red Hair Rises With The Wings Of Insects. Catherine Graham. Wolsak & Wynn Publishers. Hamilton, Ontario. 2013This collection, Her Red Hair Rises With The Wings Of...
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Today's book of poetry will be seen tomorrow. Until then, here is a list of the blogs/reviews so far:The Flower of Youth - Mary Di MicheleUnder the Keel - Michael CrummeyThe Polymers - Adam...
View ArticleSlack Action - Jeffery Donaldson
Todays' book of poetry: Slack Action. Jeffery Donaldson. Porcupine's Quill. Erin, Ontario. 2013Slack Action is the title poem of this collection — and it's a hell of a poem to hang your hat on.I...
View ArticleWaking In The Tree House - Michael Lithgow
Today's book of poetry: Waking In The Tree House. Michael Lithgow. Cormorant Books. Markham, Ontario. 2012.Michael Lithgow's Waking In The Tree House is a startling good first book. It's just...
View ArticleSea Level - Cornelia Hoogland
Today's book of poetry: Sea Level. Cornelia Hoogland. Baseline Press. London, Ontario. 2013. (Edition of 60)Sea Level is a conversational meditation about making a connection to the natural world...
View ArticleJail Fire - Julie C. Robinson
Today's book of poetry: Jail Fire - The Life and Work of Elizabeth Fry. Julie C. Robinson. Buschek Books. Ottawa, Ontario. 2013.These very tender and thoughtful poems are Julie C. Robinson's...
View ArticleAnnouncing the first winner of the Kitty Lewis Hazel Millar Dennis Tourbin...
In the past several months I have read close to four hundred books of poetry. I must tell you all it is the most pleasant task I've ever set for myself. Splendid.As the year comes to an end I would...
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The April Poems - Leon Rooke
Today's book of poetry: The April Poems. Leon Rooke. The Porcupine's Quill. Erin, Ontario. 2013.Leon Rooke's The April Poems are a bit like walking into a batting practice with the home-run champ....
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Message Sticks/Tshissinuatshitakana - Josephine Bacon
Today's book of poetry: Message Sticks/Tshissinuatshitakana. Josephine Bacon. Translated from French by Phyllis Aronoff. TSAR Publications. Toronto, Ontario. 2013. (Bilingual Innu-aimun -...
View ArticleA Pretty Sight - David O'Meara
Today's book of poetry: A Pretty Sight. David O'Meara. Coach House Books. Toronto, Ontario. 2013.I was lucky enough to be at the Ottawa launch of David O'Meara's A Pretty Sight. His reading that...
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The Harmonist at Nightfall, Poems of Indiana - Shari Wagner
Today's book of poetry: The Harmonist at Nightfall, Poems of Indiana. Shari Wagner. Harmony Series. Bottom Dog Press. Huron, Ohio, U.S.A. 2013.The Harmonist at Nightfall, Poems of Indiana is...
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Collected Poems of Lenore Kandel - Lenore Kandel
Today's book of poetry: Collected Poems of Lenore Kandel. Lenore Kandel. North Atlantic Books. Berkeley, California, USA. 2012.Lenore Kandel's Collected Poems starts with her absolutely incendiary...
View ArticleCuban Haircut
Normal business and blog will return tomorrow.For the past several days I've been in Cuba, but I took lots of books and am ready to roll.In the meantime, one of the things I always try to do in a new...
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Handfuls of Bone - Monica Kidd
Today's book of poetry: Handfuls of Bone. Monica Kidd. Gaspereau Press. Kentville, Nova Scotia. 2012Applying the tradeThe flight attendant is magnificent.An insouciant scarf and a knot of blonde,a...
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I Don't Know Do You - Roberto Montes
Today's book of poetry: I Don't Know Do You. Roberto Montes. Ampersand Books. Gulfport, Florida. 2014."Sadness is capable of great acts of beauty". Sometimes, all it takes is a line. I read this...
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Dirty Snow - Tom Wayman
Today's book of poetry: Dirty Snow. Tom Wayman. Harbour Publishing. Madeira Park, British Columbia. 2012As I am the one and only editor/writer, mad person at the helm of this blog I feel it is...
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What The World Said - Jason Camlot
Today's book of poetry: What The World Said. Jason Camlot. A Stuart Ross Book. Mansfield Press. Toronto, Ontario. 2013.Jason Camlot is a gentleman subversive, a subterranean homesick-blues...
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Winter - Patricia Fargnoli
Today's book of poetry: Winter. Patricia Farngnoli. The Hobblebush Granite State Poetry Series, Volume VI. Hobblebush Books. Brooklyn, New Hampshire. 2013.For the past few days there has been a...
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Utter - Vahni Capildeo
Today's book of poetry: Utter. Vahni Capildeo. Peepal Tree Press. Leeds, England. 2013.Vahni Capildeo's Utter is poetry two cultures removed from my own and yet it speaks to me with a vibrancy as...
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She Hands Me The Razor - Richard Krawiec
Today's book of poetry: She Hands Me The Razor. Richard Krawiec. Press 53. Winston-Salem, North Carolina. USA. 2011Come on. The title of this book grabbed you like it did me. Just like a...
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