Poetry by Men
Alterations
In these poems the old coast of logging and fishing is all but extinct, inhabited by ghosts of men with peaveys in their hands and bulldozers in their eyes, ghosts with the power to inform us, like... >>
Blood is Blood
Blood is Blood is a collaborative book-length poem for two voices, dealing with the bloodshed in the Middle East, a version of which was commissioned for CBC Radio in 2006. >>
Blue Wherever
"In the new world, we wake up/to a bone ark bobbing on a blue wherever," Dempster writes in the title poem of this new collection, his twelfth book of poetry. >>
Blue: The Derek Jarman Poems
Keith Garebian splices together an engaging book-length portrait of a filmmaker, visual artist, poet, sexual rebel, and gardener who double-dared the conventions of art, desire, and filmmaking. In... >>
Bowling Pin Fire
Andy Quan recounts a series of firsts: first time listening to Joni Mitchell's Blue, first loss of a friend, first dance with a man. Building on earlier explorations of memory, sexuality, and... >>
Cancer Songs
A moving journal in verse, Cancer Songs is poet Richard Sommer’s response to his diagnosis and treatment for prostate cancer. Often, these are songs of newly discovered yearning, courage and awe;... >>
Dungenessque
Dungenessque is a compelling study of pride, shame and redemption. In this, his sixth collection, poet and practising psychiatrist Ron Charach cracks and lifts away the outer shell that protects us... >>
Elephant Street
Elephant Street offers a series of poetic responses to the vulnerability of the human urbanite in the 21st century. >>
Fawn Bones
These poems offer a deep sense of the connections between inner human experience, artistic expression, and the natural world. Sommer's volunteer work as a game warden during poaching season shows in... >>
