Poetry
A Selected History of Soul Speak by Andrea Thompson
Andrea Thompson has been publishing and performing her work for over twenty-five years. In 2005 her spoken word album, One, was nominated for a Canadian Urban Music Award, in 2009 she was the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word’s Poet of Honour, and in 2019 her poetry album, Soulorations helped earn her the League of Canadian Poets’ Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award.
Burn Baby Burn By Roger Aplon
Roger Aplon’s new collection is divided into five sections. He begins his unique poetry compilation with an explanation of the book’s title and dedicating it to all those who’ve devoted themselves to the survival of our endangered planet.
Theatrix: Poetry Plays By Terese Svoboda
The scenes of poetry in this book make it appear as if you are reading a play, but in verse.
The Stone Mason's Notebook By Carmelo Militano
This poetry book is in five sections basically about masonry. Militano’s poems have an other worldly yet present day feel.
Translanguaging By Winston Le
Experimental language poems await in this book by Le. He uses an original approach to linguistics putting it into poetry.
Radiant Shards Hoda’s North End Poems By Ruth Panofsky
Panofsky writes poems about Hoda, the protagonist of Adele Wiseman’s novel “Crackpot” imagining her voice.
The Unfinished Score Complete Works of Charles Mingus By Raul d’Gama Rose
It took years for Rose to put together this book about the music of Charles Mingus but in poems. Rose covers melodies, harmonies, tones, mood and tempo to illustrate Mingus’ life in poetry and prose.
Status Update Sarah by Yi-Mei Tsiang
Each poem is written like a Facebook post complete with Like, Comment, Share and time stamp under each title. Cleverly written would be an understatement.
A Halt Which is Empty By Rob Mclennan
An eclectic mix of poems in prose and free verse in this book of poems is a gift to the reader.
Wings of Inspiration By Robert L. Martin
Robert L. Martin uses music to inspire his poems. His poems are deep and melodic and each one takes on a life of its own much like a piece of music. His form lends itself to free verse and the author himself says he doesn’t actually ascribe to one instead letting inspiration lead him in writing each poem.