‘Tomorrow, they will recall tonight as the time they made poetry out of life and spoke by heart until the heart stood still.’ In conclusion then, this anthology is both a delightful and intelligent survey of contemporary poetry in the Canada of today: a useful and pleasurable read.
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William Oxley, published in The New York Times, The Observer, The Spectator, The Independent, Agenda, Acumen, The London Magazine and Poetry Ireland Review. His most recent volumes are ISCA – Exeter Moments (Ember Press, 2013) and Poems from the Divan of Hafez (Acumen Publications, 2013). His Collected and New Poems came from Rockingham Press in 2014, and Walking Sequence & Other Poems (Indigo Dreams Publishing in 2015). This Old Geezer – First and Last
It is about time a contemporary anthology of Canadian poetry was published for the U.S. market, and James Deahl of Sarnia, Ontario, is the perfect choice as editor. Deahl surely knows more about Canadian poetry than anyone else today. Tamaracks is a splendid collection, remarkable in its depth and breadth. [There are many poets we know, such as Lorna Crozier and Bruce Meyer, many we have published, such as Ellen Jaffe, John B. Lee, and Linda Rogers, but also many who are new to us, and that’s the joy of it!] Michael Wurster and Judith R. Robinson, co-editors, The Brentwood Anthology (Lummox Press, 2014)
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