David Blaikie is a journalist and writer who wrote for Truro Daily News, The Canadian Press, The Toronto Star and Reuters. He worked 18 years in the Parliamentary Press Gallery. His Farewell to Coney Island, won the 2011 Tree Reading Series chapbook award. He has three chapbooks and this is his first full collection. What […]
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2021 books read & favs of the year
It’s the most statistical time of the year. I read 3 Canadians for each 2 international, so more, compared to the half and half last year. This year, 41 titles were read aloud with husband. 45 titles read were haiku or haibun. 69% were poetry compared to 30% poetry last year, but with judging a […]
Nowlen
“oh, admit it, man, there’s no point in poetryif you withhold the truthonce you’ve come by it” -Alden Nowlen
Books read: haiku, poetry and a novel
83. A Cartography of Home by Hayden Saunier (Terrapin Books, 2021) is a relatable American collection and Saunier’s fifth. I was granted a review copy from the press. Saunier is an actor and organizer of a poetry and improv group. Her poems remind me closest of Catherine Graham’s storytelling poems. The collection propelled me to […]