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Poetry

Dad Era

By Jordan Abel

Jordan Abel’s sixth book, Dad Era, reads like a long autobiographical poem addressed to his daughter, Phoenix, that seams together generations of family through written and visual narratives. Told in the style of brief musings ... Read More »

April 29, 2026 | Filed under: Indigenous Peoples, Poetry, Reviews

Qaf’s People

By Sadiqa  de Meijer

Qaf’s People marks Sadiqa de Meijer’s return to poetry after the 2020 Governor General’s Award–winning memoir alfabet / alphabet. In Qaf’s People, the poet laureate of Kingston, Ontario, resurfaces questions about diaspora, belonging, identity, language, ... Read More »

April 22, 2026 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

★ The Wren

By A.F. Moritz

A.F. Moritz’s The Wren is a book of Zen koans written by an urban monk posing as a poet. Suggestive of a reflective period after facing health concerns, the poems bypass ordinary logic to flirt ... Read More »

April 1, 2026 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

★ Interposition

By Kaie Kellough

An apparently throwaway line at the end of Kaie Kellough’s acknowledgements provides a key to unlocking his latest book of poetry: “These acknowledgements were written while watching snow fall in Kingston, Ontario, listening to Lester ... Read More »

March 25, 2026 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

Unravel

By Tolu Oloruntoba

In the notes and attributions to Tolu Oloruntoba’s third collection – a list that includes Albert Camus and Alice Oswald, Ben Okri and John Donne, Christine Miserandino’s spoon theory (about energy allotment in people living ... Read More »

April 16, 2025 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

★ Elegy for Opportunity

By Natalie Lim

Elegy for Opportunity has that unwilling-to-be-embarrassed, declarative quality many debuts possess, an earnestness that hasn’t been spoiled by over-crafting or listening too closely to the demands of CanLit. It’s a (presumably?) millennial poet’s first urgent ... Read More »

April 2, 2025 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

★ Re: Wild Her

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

  Shannon Webb-Campbell’s latest poetry collection, Re:Wild Her, is inhabited by an otherworldly narrator – part mystic, part pagan, part cool auntie, part It girl, all the way feminist goddess. The dedication itself indicates the ... Read More »

March 26, 2025 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews