The ancestors, living at the time of European contact had a way with words. Poetry spilled effortlessly from their lips because the spirit of the land guided their words. I take seriously my belief that medicine of extraordinary healing...

In Slender Human Weight, Sue Chenette explores a world both familiar and mysterious. She finds, in her mother's attic, in the French countryside, and in her own home, the richness of physical objects as they embody what is felt, dreamed...

Showcasing the fruits of creativity from illness, this duologue and poetry collection addresses the last months of author Malca Litovitz's life and her devotion to writing. Life, love, and death are all reflected upon in unshielded,...

Stately and majestic, yet scuffed with wear and disillusion, the poems of Smaller Hours mount the sky like columns and fora of some archaic ruin. Through these ancient halls, Kevin Shaw tracks Eros, clearing away the rubble and...

Les pères parlent peu de leur expérience. En littérature, la figure du père est souvent dépeinte par l'enfant – devenu adulte – sous les traits de l'absence ou de la violence. Et s'il existait « une communauté manquante [...],...

Something Small to Carry Home is an homage to the dead and the living, a family history, a celebration of life’s special occasions and a meditation on poetry itself, its solace and significance through the poets who’ve nurtured and...

A. F. Moritz’s poems integrate nature and enduring myth with our inner life so movingly, so convincingly, that they almost seem to be our own thoughts. His direct and intimate tone, and the power, calm, and clarity of his expression,...

POETRY TEXTS & ANTHOLOGIES. AUSTRALIAN. In this collection of three long narrative poems, Temperton conjures up the highs and lows of the coastal environment to explore the effects of nature's "Powerful forces at work...

Shortlisted for the 1994 Pat Lowther Award

“I believe in the common magic/ of forests and household gods” writes Neile Graham in “Spells for Clear Vision,” the title poem of this volume. And it is a common magic which she works...