Posts by League of Canadian Poets
Nourishment by Patria Rivera
Only for so long by Conyer Clayton
the thousandth island by Bob MacKenzie
Nest-Body by Erin Vance
Review: footsteps in the garden by Bob Mackenzie
Reviewed by Vanessa Shields footsteps in the garden by Bob MacKenzie (cyberwit.net, 2021) Bob MacKenzie’s latest collection of poetry, footsteps in the garden is for settling in. This is a collection that wants your time and attention for its spirographic dances with words in a plethora of gardens, both real and imagined. MacKenzie’s gift with…
Read MoreReview: The Language We Were Never Taught to Speak by Grace Lau
Reviewed by Padmaja Battani The Language We Were Never Taught to Speak by Grace Lau, Guernica Editions, 2021 The Language We Were Never Taught to Speak, debut poetry collection by Grace Lau is an intensive attempt in discovering concealed elements of immigrant inheritances. It also depicts the themes of queer yearnings, multi-generational mysteries among Asian…
Read MoreReview: Metastasis by Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews
Reviewed by Emma Odrach Metastasis by Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews (Mosaic Press, 2021) Insightful. thoughtful and timely Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews says in her preface poets are “the antennae of their times”. She is correct and her poems prove it. But they are not optimistic, rather, they come with an outcry against all that is wrong with…
Read MoreReview: Wild Hope: Prayers and Poems by John Terpstra
Reviewed by Carol MacKay Wild Hope: Prayers and Poems by John Terpstra (St. Thomas Poetry Series, 2020) John Terpstra’s book of prayers takes its title from the final line of “The Kind of World We Live in,” the first poem in his collection. This Lenten poem was written pre-COVID-19 but was likely influenced by the…
Read MoreReview: Thimbles by Vanessa Shields
Reviewed by Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews Thimbles by Vanessa Shields (Palimpsest Press, 2021) In poetry, everything has a deeper meaning. A thimble as a mythopoetic symbol evokes a sense of immunity and self-protection against the pain and bloodletting of life’s allegorical needles. It is a shield against pain. Interestingly, the poet’s last name is Shields, giving…
Read MoreReview: Haiku in Canada: History, Poetry, Memoir by Terry Ann Carter
Reviewed by Philomene Kocher Haiku in Canada: History, Poetry, Memoir by Terry Ann Carter. Victoria, BC: Ekstasis Editions, 2020. 170 pp. Rarely do books appear that embody a decade’s worth of dedication. And perhaps it is also true, that each book that is published represents that author’s whole life. Haiku in Canada does both: it is…
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