Poet, Writer, Photographer

Publications

Books

Islands North and South

Islands North and South, Aeolus House, 2017

The Woman Who Went To the Moon

The Woman Who Went To the Moon, Inanna Publications, 2017

Paper Wings, Guernica Editions 2014

Once Houses Could Fly: Kayaking North of 79 Degrees, Signature Editions, 2012

Thule Explorer: Kayaking North of 77 Degrees

Thule Explorer: Kayaking North of 77 Degrees, Hidden Brook Press, 2008

Reviews, Journals, Anthologies & Awards

2022

2016

2013

  • A Taste of Lemon in the Anthology, Untying The Apron:
    Daughters Remember Mothers Of The 1950’s. (Guernica Editions)
  • Ode to Naps in the Ontario Poetry Society’s Verse Afire.

2010

  • Snow won the favourite poem award in Verse Afire. The Ontario Poetry Society.
  • Ellesmere Island received a Judges Mention in The Saving Bannister: 25th Anniversary Anthology. Canadian Authors Association, Niagara Branch.

2009

  • Retreat in Community Life, Volume 19, Issue Three.
  • Out of Sync and Clivia Loose on a Maundy Thursday in
    Frost & Foliage: A Canadian Anthology of Poetry.
  • For it is innocence— from Thule Explorer: Kayaking North of 77 Degrees,
    Hidden Brook Press. Poem set to music as an art song.
    Composed by Peter Skoggard, Elora, Ontario.

2007

  • Lookout in The Fiddlehead, Spring Issue.

2006

  • Calle Obispo in Descant 134: Cuba/Inside/Out.
  • Small in The Literary Review Of Canada, November issue.
  • A Taste of Lemon in The Dalhousie Review, Autumn issue.

2005

  • The Longing, the night before I go to the high arctic, Ice and Walrus in
    Talk That Mountain Down, 2005 from Littlefishcart Press.
  • Maps in Queen’s Quarterly. Winter issue.
  • Thule Explorer nominated by The Malahat Review for The National Magazine Awards.
  • “Arctic Hare” in Arc Poetry Magazine. First honourable mention in the 10th annual
    Poem of the Year Contest.

2004

  • Thule Explorer − crown of sonnets in The Malahat Review. Fall Issue.
  • Dawn Paddle On Lake Huron in The Fiddlehead. Summer Issue, No. 220.
  • High Art In British Columbia, Swings and Listen To The View in
    The Saving Bannister, Niagara Poetry Anthology,19th Edition.
  • Winter White in Variety Crossing, 4th Edition.

2003

  • The Kitchen Window and Measurement in The Fiddlehead. Issue No. 217.
  • Just Enough – Third Prize, My Father, Crosswind and Arctic Twilight in
    The Saving Bannister. Niagara Poetry Anthology,18th Edition.

2001

  • Maureen Forrester in the Dalhousie Review. Spring Issue.
  • Subtraction, Threads, Yukon Journey and Sleep in Pagitica Issue No. 4.