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Rush of Wingspan: Arrivals
Rush of Wingspan has arrived. Joy! We created an unpacking video for you. Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Arrivals
Tag: Nature
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Rush of Wingspan: news
I’m grateful for the beauty of nature, and grateful to have endorsements for Rush of Wingspan (MQUP, March 2026) from J. Mae Barizo, Kevin Irie, Stephanie Bolster, Brian Bartlett and Julie Sedivy. Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: news
Visual Poetry: Seaside
This year I cycled to the seaside for summer swims, and winter beach walks. I took many photographs. Multiple poems in my forthcoming book Rush of Wingspan (MQUP, March 2026) relate to these sea views. Continue reading Visual Poetry: Seaside
Rush of Wingspan: Proof Pages
Rush of Wingspan feels truly real now. I love viewing the proof pages, and I enjoy working on the final details so that the book can be as perfect as it can be (while realizing one can never actually reach … Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Proof Pages
Viewpoint Gallery Opening
I’m an alumni of Viewpoint Gallery and my image “Wild Horses” will be on display in September. I took the photograph in the dune landscape of the Netherlands earlier this year. Continue reading Viewpoint Gallery Opening
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Rush of Wingspan
Rush of Wingspan (MQUP) will be published in March 2026. “Outwards from a northern wilderness childhood these poems thrum musically with intuitive environmentalism in urban, coastal, and boreal forests.” Continue reading Rush of Wingspan
Book Contract
My forthcoming poetry collection Rush of Wingspan will be published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in early 2026. I’ve just signed the contract. Plus more info about music-theatre and song premieres. And photos. Continue reading Book Contract
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Vancouver: Song Premiere
A song composed by Dorothy Chang and based on my poem “Knot” premiered at the Early Music Vancouver festival. The event combined baroque and Chinese musical instruments. Continue reading Vancouver: Song Premiere
Athens: Music Theater Premiere
Field Guide [to the Lost Flower] is a multimedia music theatre piece by composer Michalis Paraskakis based on my poetry. I attended the premiere on Saturday June 7, 2025 at Subset Festival / Athens Epidaurus Festival.
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Three Poems
“Enter,” “Floats,” and “Ancestors” have been published in periodicities journal. I found the coast storm-strewn with French books… This physics of light… Continue reading Three Poems
Notes for Wavelengths
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
Dust Blown Side of the Journey: Reviewed in Canadian Literature
“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: Reviewed in Canadian Literature