Blinded by a grenade in Lebanon as a teenager, poet John Asfour came to Canada armed with James Joyce's words, "For the eyes, they bring us nothing. I have a hundred worlds to create and I am only losing one of them." Blindfold investigates the ways in which disability influences our lives and is magnified in our minds. In a series of thematically linked poems, Asfour draws the metaphor of the blindfold across the eyes of sighted citizens who are impaired by estrangement, emotiona...

Blinded by a grenade in Lebanon as a teenager, poet John Asfour came to Canada armed with James Joyce's words, "For the eyes, they bring us nothing. I have a hundred worlds to create and I am only losing one of them." Blindfold investigates the ways in which disability influences our lives and is magnified in our minds. In a series of thematically linked poems, Asfour draws the metaphor of the blindfold across the eyes of sighted citizens who are impaired by estrangement, emotiona...

Being born in Guatemala, a Third World country, I was brought to Canada and placed in foster care. As a child, teen, and young adult, I fought hard to find my “place” in our world.  There is a small handful of people I would like to thank for giving me the courage to share my innermost feelings: my love, Chris Moran, who always nourishes my emotions; a true friend, Sheila Braund, who saved me from a dark path; and my children, who remind me that the sun will shine tomorrow. ...

This is a collection of intimate poems, originally titled My-ku. They were intended as a study in constrained free-verse associative thought, and of course they grew. Cycling, diving, life ... explored in four lines. These works were written between 2009 and 2012 in Victoria, B.C., Canada.

A collection of writings from Kevin Matisyn, the former vocalist and writer for Evans Blue. This collection includes song meanings and extended writing for many previous songs as well as abstract writing on many different subject.

In this poetry collection, Michel Pleau uses simple and moving images that go straight to the heart. He shapes words with painstaking care to give us moments of pure beauty and flashes of luminous landscape. He evokes the nostalgia of childhood in language as refreshing and bracing as the wind. With this book Michel Pleau invites us to a celebration of the marvellous. Attentive to his worlds, he invites us to go back to the essentials, to natural elements, innocence and light, in order to mag...

Author James P. Wilcox takes a break from fiction to bring readers Musing of a Particular Bear: A Poetry Collection. The poems included in this new collection cover the usual, but timeless themes of love and loss, life and death, growing up and growing old, solitude and union, joy and sorrow. In a style that is both complex and free, Musings of a Particular Bear is easily accessible to all.

Chalk Outline These ThoughtsQuotes from behind the wheelI say quotes from behind the wheel because in many if not almost all cases the quotes come to me when I am driving and what that does for a morning commute would explain why I have a hard time arriving anywhere on time. This is a fact that can be verified by all that know me. As we go through our day to day lives I am often confronted by thoughts, analytical observations and personal theories. What we have listed here ...

The form of the poems is traditionalrhymed verse, but the subject matter is anything but traditional. I tackle the topics that most poets either shy away from completely, or touch on in a cursory and often superficial manner. Consequently, expect the unexpected. Tradition, innovation, and knowledge are mixed in this book and, I dare to hope, the mix is a potent description of our times, as well as a philosophical look at the whole of the human condition.

This is a collection of poems inspired by life. My childhood was not easy but I was not alone. I wrote these as a way to heal myself as words cruelly spoken became my prison. I grew as I wrote them and I realized only I had the power to change my life. The character of a person is not measured by the beauty on the outside but by the beauty of their heart, the power to forgive and the gift of love. I hope these words can help others as they have helped me. You are not alone

Orphan Dreams is a collection of poems written in plain-talk, direct language for real people, giving words to universal emotions and experiences. Many of these poems have received acclaim individually. A wide range of emotions and experiences are addressed, grouped by topic. Reaching deep into the heart, these poems leave no reader untouched. Whether given as a gift or kept for oneself, life is enriched by reading this book!

This is a collection of new and previously published poems from the author of Futile, Mortal, and Bones.