Anathema:
Poems Selected & New
Monday, October 26, 2009, 7:30pm -- London Launch of "Anathema" with other poets launching new books/CDs including Lori A. May ("Stains"), Penn Kemp ("Trance Dance Form"), and John B. Lee ("Island on the Wind-Breathed Edge of the Sea"). Mykonos Restaurant (the indoor patio), 572 Adelaide St. N.,
London, Ontario. Free Admission!
Recent Readings
Sunday September 6, 2009 -- LitLive Reading Series, Bread & Roses Cafe, Hamilton, Ontario
Sunday August 23, 2009 -- Mykonos Restauraunt, London, Ontario (TOPS event)
Tuesday August 11, 2009 -- The Art Bar Reading Series, Clinton's Pub, Toronto, Ontario
Wednesday March 4, 2009 -- Alex P. Keaton, London, Ontario (Poetry London Fundraiser)
Past reading series highlights:
2005: LitLive Series, Hamilton, Ontario
2005: Art Bar Poetry Series, Toronto, Ontario
2006: Sasquatch Poetry Series, Ottawa, Ontario
2006: Dusty Owl Reading Series, Ottawa, Ontario
2004-2006: Fringe Words Festival, London, Ontario
2005-2006: Podium at the Gallery Series, London, Ontario
2006: The Poetry Cafe Series, Oakville, Ontario
2006: Van Gogh's Ear Canadian Launch, Toronto, Ontario
2007: I.V. Lounge Reading Series, Toronto, Ontario
2007: Poetry London Series, London, Ontario
The Lesser Light
Anathema: Poems Selected & New, is now available! I've been doing several readings in Ontario to launch the book and will do an official London one on Monday, October 26th, 7:30pm (see above under "Upcoming Readings"). In London, the book is available at Oxford Book Shop & The Book Store at Western.
Dr. Lerner's Study Notes, or The Treatise of Cameron King is a new single-poem, limited edition chapbook (8 pages) revisiting an early poem from the "Captain Fascist" era. It's available from the ordering page.
My poem, November Rose, won 1st prize in the 13th International Mattia Poetry Competition. It had made the 50-poem shortlist earlier in September. The poem is included in my latest book, Anathema.
My new poem, Tiles, is included in the latest issue of The Toronto Quarterly, which also features work by rob mclennan, Nathaniel G. Moore, Gillian Sze, Yaqoob Ghaznavi, Bonnie L. Nish, and many other writers.
My new poem, Michael Jackson Isn't Dead, will be published in the forthcoming anthology, The Meaning of Michael Jackson. Details TBA.
I have new haiku in the Summer 2009 issue of Canadian Zen Haiku Canadien, an excellent haiku periodical edited by Ottawa poet Richard Vallance.
My poem, Francesca, Weeding the Garden was used in Dancing on Summer Strings, an evening of harp music, contemporary dance and poetry. Work by London poets was used for the spoken word portion performed by Jake Levesque. Kathleen Gahagan provided the music and Ruth Douthwright the interpretive dance. It was held at London's Aeolian Hall on August 7, 2009.
My poem, "Anathema" (the title piece in my new collection) is included in the 2009 Ascent Aspirations Anthology.
October 3, 2009