I retraced some of the memories that formed Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete along with doing new research in the form of notes and photographs (some of which you can view in this post). Walking down a street I heard a voice say, “It is impossible,” and there was… Continue reading Return to Crete
The Greek composer Michalis Parakakis and I had a wide ranging conversation about our individual and collaboration creative process. Continue reading Michalis Paraskakis: In Conversation
You’ll find an overview of the year’s highlights including lots of images, plus highlights of some of my favourite books. Continue reading In the wild year of 2021
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
Bookfest: Wellenlängen deines Liedes will be presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair this evening. Publisher Adrian Kasnitz will host the live event including Frankfurt based poets. Since most of us (including myself) are unable to travel, I’ve created this audio … Continue reading Frankfurt, October: Audio
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’ve been invited to the Frankfurt Book Fair in October to read and talk about my newly released Wellenlängen deines Liedes (the German language translation of Wavelengths of Your Song). Canada is the guest country at the Frankfurter Buchmesse in … Continue reading Invitation: Frankfurt Book Fair
“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
“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
“When I Reach” (from Dust Blown Side of the Journey) is featured in the Poetry Pause for March 29 from the League of Canadian Poets . Additional poems were featured on March 21, World Poetry Day “it didn’t happen here” (winner of the … Continue reading When I Reach
“it didn’t happen here” is the winner of the League of Canadian Poets National Broadsheet contest, and was selected by judge D.A. Lockhart for its “strong images, and captivating lyric voice.” Lockhart also states, “It’s nature speaks to the sort … Continue reading National Broadsheet Contest Winner
“Eleonore Schönmaier’s Dust Blown Side of the Journey…takes an ecological approach with its rich selection of nature poetry, but her collection is also intimate and self-reflective…Her poems range in national settings, from the Canadian boreal forest, to the Balinese jungle, … Continue reading Dust Blown Side of the Journey: Review in Canadian Literature
The landscape of my childhood is now a UNESCO Mixed World Heritage Site. The nearly 30,000 square kilometers in the heart of Canada’s boreal forest is designated as having “outstanding universal value to all of humanity.” “There are … Continue reading Childhood in Northern Wilderness: Videos
