Reviewed by K.V. Skene Bricolage: A Gathering of Centos by A. Garnett Weiss (Aeolus House, 2021) A. Garnett Weiss’s Bricolage is a truly beautiful publication – inside and out. The cover art, ‘Cathedral Forest’ by Diana Gubbay, is a superb significator for this recent addition to Aeolus House’s book list. The word bricolage is adopted…

Reviewed by Lynn Tait Shape Taking by Elana Wolff (Ekstasis Editions, 2021) Colour, art, fairytales, surrealism, humour—whether writing about the whites of eggs or bird poop as colour or description, Elana Wolff brings us into her poems with word craft, narrative and beauty. Colour weaves through these poems in blues, whites, reds and greens. Reading her…

Reviewed by David C. Brydges However good the usage of words may be, a poem with nothing to touch the heart is like a wooden doll clad with finery and no feeling. It is much better to express feeling with plain words than no feeling with just fine words. ─ Takuan Soho We skate around…