“Music is an integral and interwoven part of my life and my poetry….” Thomas Whyte interviewed me and you can find my answers to his six questions online here. I’ve also reached my favourite moment in the publishing of a … Continue reading Interview + Proof Pages
In May 2020 the Arc Poetry Magazine prompt for the Arc Award of Awesomeness was to write a poem about the global pandemic but without using any words directly related to the pandemic. I didn’t enter the May contest but … Continue reading Arc Award of Awesomeness
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Dust Blown Side of the Journey (McGill-Queen’s University Press) was a finalist in the international Eyelands Book Awards (Greece) in the published book category. Continue reading Eyelands Book Awards Finalist
Thank you to everyone for your support and encouragement throughout this immensely difficult year. In 2021 let us continue to care for each other including strangers and the planet. Often this year I’ve thought of my former life as a … Continue reading In the year 2020
Each envelope contains the research material and drafts for a single poem in Wavelengths of Your Song. I gathered a broad range of information including a photograph of a gold miner working underground, notes on the dietary habits of migratory … Continue reading Notes for Wavelengths
I was invited to the Frankfurt Book Fair to read and talk about Wellenlängen deines Liedes (the German language translation of Wavelengths of Your Song). Continue reading Invitation: Frankfurt Book Fair
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
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
…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
“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
“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
“Sweet Water: Poems for the Watersheds gathers the voices of poets from across Canada, the US and the UK who write of water.” Forthcoming from Caitlin Press. Contributors include Kate Braid, Gary Barwin, Eleonore Schönmaier, Katherena Vermette, Arlene Pare, John … Continue reading Sweet Water: Poems for the Watersheds
“Weightless” has been chosen for the Poetry in Motion program. “A public poetry art project, Poetry in Motion will feature short poems and excerpts from longer poems on transit ads in buses; digital signs at libraries, ferry terminals, and recreation centres; and … Continue reading Poetry in Motion
Eleonore Schönmaier’s books can be found in libraries globally including Poets House Library, New York, USA, Helsinki University in Finland, Bibliographie du Quebec, in Canada, Falvey Memorial Library at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, USA, and Biblioteca Madre Maria Teresa Guevara, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in … Continue reading In global libraries
Heartwood has now been published. The anthology includes my poem “Knot” and is over 300 pages which includes beautiful original photographs of trees. You can order your own copy online. “Heartwood is a Canadian anthology of poems that celebrates trees. Published … Continue reading Heartwood: poems for the love of trees