Category Archives: Poetry

carbon leakage (poem)

I was very pleased to have my poem “carbon leakage” included in the Cooch Behar Anthology of World Poetry that was released earlier this year from Cooch Behar, India. The anthology is the brainchild of Indian poet and editor Sourav … Continue reading

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Worth More Standing – Nanaimo Book Launch

I am honored to have two poems included in the fabulous new anthology of tree poetry, WORTH MORE STANDING, edited by Christine Lowther, and published this month by Caitlin Press. There will be many local launch events for this important … Continue reading

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Garden (poem)

I am delighted to make the cut for the 2021 Dwarf Stars anthology with my poem “Garden”. The Dwarf Stars anthology is produced annually by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an organization founded in 1978 by science fiction … Continue reading

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Poem: Necropolis

NECROPOLIS “Racial capitalism is the equivalent of a giant necropolis. It rests on the traffic of the dead and human bones.” -Achille Mbembe ~ By the end of the twentieth year of the third millennium after someone may or may … Continue reading

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Rave Review for Devolution in Vancouver Sun

I was thrilled to wake up Saturday morning to find Tom Sandborn’s rave review of my new book Devolution in the Vancouver Sun. He bills it an “elegant and ferocious collection of poems and fables. Like Magritte and other surrealist … Continue reading

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Devolution – Cover Reveal

Thrilled to unveil the cover for my latest book: Devolution – poems of the ecopocalypse. The cover art is a 1934 painting, “The Collective Invention,” by legendary Belgian Surrealist artist RenĂ© Magritte. Devolution will be released by Caitlin Press in … Continue reading

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You Are Here

“You are here” – My latest weathergram installation, now playing in Bowen Park (Nanaimo).  

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Devolution – poems of the Ecopocalypse

I am honoured to announce that I have just signed a contract with Caitlin Press for my next poetry book, currently titled Devolution. Devolution will be my 8th book and is my personal act of Extinction Rebellion. The poems and … Continue reading

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When Cancer Meets Poetry

I am honoured to be included in the recently launched book from Mansfield Press: Another Dysfunctional Cancer Poem Anthology, edited by Priscila Uppal (RIP) and Meaghan Strimas. As many of you know, I have now survived (or am in a … Continue reading

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Undead Among Us!

They’re heeeere…. I was delighted to receive my contributor copy yesterday of UNDEAD: A Poetry Anthology of Ghosts, Ghouls, and More, from Apex Publications. If you’re a fan of speculative literature, you’ll want this collection, featuring more than 70 poets, … Continue reading

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