Kathy Mac’s Battle With Social and Poetic Convention
byHuman Misunderstanding is an ambitious and challenging book
Poetry
Sarah Cooper’s Of Feathers and Fire Finds Strength in Struggle
byIntimate poems that explore the pain of mental illness and heartache with candid vulnerability
Leviathan: A Poetic Kaleidoscope of Strange Manly Roles
byOne has the sense of entering into a poetry kaleidoscope, where images cycle and shift with the author’s own triggered associations; as he enters the same manly roles his father modelled, the whole male dynamic swirls into varied imagery, emotions, commentary, memories.
Prometheus Reconsiders Fire is the latest poetic triumph from Brent MacLaine
byMacLaine, like Acorn before him, has helped redefine what it means to be an “Island” or Atlantic Canadian poet: possessing the skill and grace to move artistically from local fire halls and flowering fields to cosmopolitan cities and enduring mythologies.
Durnford’s Half Rock explores motherhood, fishing, idiom and more
byShaped by the author’s observations of the natural world and lack of sentimentality, the poems provide a welcome counter to the often-idyllic verse about the vaunted “wonders” of motherhood.