Don Domanski
Don Domanski (1950-2020). We mourn the loss of a great poet.
I took the photo of Don at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. Continue reading Don Domanski
Author: Eleonore Schönmaier
Award winning author of Wavelengths of Your Song and Dust Blown Side of the Journey both from McGill-Queen's University Press.
Flight Notes about translation
A wonderful moment happened during the translation of Wavelengths of Your Song when Knut Birkholz was working on the poem “Blindness” and looked up “flight note.” He sent me the following screen shot and said, “This is almost a poem.” … Continue reading Flight Notes about translation
Found in Translation
Wellenlängen deines Liedes is the German translation of Wavelengths of Your Song (MQUP). For months I’ve worked closely together with the translator Knut Birkholz who gave careful attention to all details of the poetry. He asked many thoughtful questions and came … Continue reading Found in Translation
Wavelengths of Your Song: In German Translation
Wellenlängen deines Liedes is the German translation of Wavelengths of Your Song (MQUP). The book is newly released from parasitenpresse. Adrian Kasnitz writes Continue reading Wavelengths of Your Song: In German Translation
Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete (published)
“These are understated poems grounded in imagism, snap shots of a life, where the poet speaks quietly to her reader with precision and insight.” Armand Garnet Ruffo, author of Treaty # Continue reading Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete (published)
In a hollow of music
“…so that our thoughts/always lie in a hollow/of music…” The League of Canadian Poets has featured “Music” in their Poetry Pause program. “Musik” will be published in the German translation of Wavelengths of Your Song. Forthcoming from Cologne based parasitenpresse Wellenlängen deines … Continue reading In a hollow of music
Honourable Mention
…the score//augmented by the American/Redstarts and the sound of/my breathing… from “Johnny on the Spot“ honourable mention in the Great Blue Heron Contest in the current Antigonish Review #199 (print edition). Continue reading Honourable Mention
Parameters of Loss
“but today the sky is/under no one’s control” “Parameters of Loss” and “Touchstone” are forthcoming in The Fiddlehead. . Continue reading Parameters of Loss
Birdsong tangles the branches
“Compose” has been published in the latest issue of Arc Poetry along with new poems from Madhur Anand, Alyda Faber, D.A. Lockhart and Téa Mutonji among others. You can order a copy here. Continue reading Birdsong tangles the branches
Under a Tree
I’m reading the proofs from Arc Poetry Magazine for my forthcoming poem “Compose.” This is always one of my favourite moments as a writer when all the invisible work of being a poet starts to feel and become real. The poem … Continue reading Under a Tree
On Joy
“Entwined” and “Inner” have been accepted for publication in the anthology Wild Gods: The Ecstatic In Contemporary Poetry and Prose (New Rivers Press, Minnesota). “Though ‘ecstatic’ is often used as a synonym for ‘joy,’ our application of the term embodies the … Continue reading On Joy
So Much Remains Invisible
“Tongues,” “So Much Remains Invisible,” and “Outstretched Arms” are featured in the current issue of Grain. Other contributors include: Sheri Benning, Michelle Poirier Brown, Grant Buday, Kai Conradi, Krishan Coupland, Molly Cross-Blanchard, James Deahl, Antony Di Nardo, Patrick Friesen, Keegan Hawthorne, … Continue reading So Much Remains Invisible
Work in Progress
In 2019 “it didn’t happen here” won the National Broadsheet Contest from the League of Canadian Poets (judged by D.A. Lockhart), “Johnny on the Spot” received an honourable mention in the Great Blue Heron Poetry Contest from The Antigonish Review … Continue reading Work in Progress
The Lining
“Lemon Tree” and “The Lining” have been accepted for publication by Stand Magazine (UK). “Stand has been a fixture on the British and world literary scene since 1952, when the first issue appeared in London. It moved to Leeds in 1960, then to … Continue reading The Lining
Outside the Lamplight Circle
“Lake” and “Outside the Lamplight Circle” have been accepted for publication by Ekstasis Editions. Continue reading Outside the Lamplight Circle