reviewed by Carole Mertz. Kim Goldberg writes surrealistic poetry that sometimes incorporates formal poetic forms. Many of the 60 poems…
Reviewed by Louise Carson. I must have been feeling a bit rebellious the morning I picked up Sue Chenette’s recent…
Reviewed by Louise Carson. While Claudia Coutu Radmore may not talk “Of shoes and ships – and sealing wax –…
Reviewed by Clayton Longstaff two women together alone in the luminous house When you look out your window,…
Reviewed by Louise Carson. It was with a sinking feeling in my gut that I started to read Daniela Elza’s…
Reviewed by Louise Carson Geography. Do we want poems of a geographical nature? Sure we do, especially in Canada,…
Reviewed by Cynthia Sharp First Published by The Miramichi Reader Jude Neale encouraged me to write with her through National Poetry…
Reviewed by Marguerite Pigeon Pests lurk through the pages of Laura Zacharin's assured first collection, including lice and the titular…
Reviewed by Louise Carson You know a book of poetry has possibilities when the opening epigraph is seven lines from…
Reviewed by Susan McMaster May 2020 Anna Yin’s new book of poetry has exactly five English words on the cover…
The League of Canadian Poets stands in solidarity with Black, Indigenous, and other marginalized communities who have been the…
Reviewed by Vanessa Shields Martonfi’s fourth book, Salt Bride (Inanna Publications, 2019) is a collection of poetry that begs for…
reviewed by Carole Mertz This review appeared June 2019 at Dreamers Creative Writing. A prolific history lies behind Doyali Islam…
reviewed by Louise Carson Full disclosure. I don’t know Neile Graham, creator of the poems in The Walk She…
Reviewed by Adrienne Fitzpatrick This review was first published in Thimbleberry (Volume 4, Summer 2019) Rempel’s book arrived in the…
Suparna’s video presentation evokes an expat’s musings from across lands and borders and other incarnations, real or imagined. It was…
and the 2020 Raymond Souster award goes to... Unmeaningable by Roxanna Bennett (Gordon Hill Press) From the jurors: Where and how…
Heather Birrell is the author of Float and Scurry (Anvil Press/A Feed Dog Book), and the winner of the 2020…
Reviewed by Marguerite Pigeon Treaty # opens with a prose poem, "Impetus Ungainly," in which Armand Garnet Ruffo manipulates language…
Reviewed by Miles Morrisseau Janet Marie Rogers' 7th book of poetry is her double album and it may become her…
This National Poetry Month 2020 has been full of amazing poetry, poets, and community. In case you missed any of…
by Janet Rogers for National Poetry Month, April 2020 I am a full time writer. I am also single…
by Eleonore Schönmaier for National Poetry Month, April 2020 Recently I said to a Greek composer, "I've spent my life…
by Janice Zhang for National Poetry Month, April 2020 At the age of 22, I came to Canada to…
by SPIN El Poeta for National Poetry Month, April 2020 Wajxaqib’ Aq’ab’al (Escrito) Jun Toj (Editado) Keb’ Tz’i’ (Finalizado) Saludos…
by Chloe Coome for National Poetry Month, April 2020 Poetry is interwoven into the cultural tapestry of Canada and one…
by Sonja Arntzen for National Poetry Month, April 2020 Since the early twentieth century, by a process Ezra Pound called…