rob mclennan reviews Sonnets
There are so few that seem to know how to bring something new to an often-used form that when it happens, it’s worth noting, and such is the case with Toronto poet Camille Martin in her second trade...
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photo: rob mclennan I’ve been Influencied! Last Wednesday, Sonnets was the focus of Margaret Christakos’ Influency class at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Education. After Margaret’s...
View ArticlePoetry & peak foliage
Photo: Camille Martin Ongoing fantasy: to book poetry readings with perfect timing for the peak ripening of fall colours. I hit the gold, orange, and red jackpot in Ottawa and Kingston during...
View ArticleIf Leaf, Then Arpeggio: my new Above/Ground Press chapbook
Click to go to Above/Ground PressGalaxies collide in an orange universe on the cover of my hot-off-the-press chapbook by Above/Ground Press: If Leaf, Then Arpeggio. Camille Martin
View ArticlePoems from “Blueshift Road” in Seventeen Seconds
I’m tickled to have six poems from my manuscript Blueshift Road in the latest issue of 17 Seconds: A Journal of Poetry and Poetics, edited by Ottawa poet and publisher rob mclennan: “Snipe Hunt”...
View ArticleArc Poetry Magazine: “In the badlands of the vernacular . . .”
The latest issue of Arc Poetry Magazine (67, Winter 2012) includes “In the badlands of the vernacular,” a poem from my upcoming collection, Looms. What I want to offer in this post is a...
View Article“Earth beckons rain and grape . . .”
A poem of mine is featured in Truck: Thanks to rob mclennan, who is in the driver’s seat of Truck for the month of August. Camille Martin
View ArticleLooms “expansive”: mclennan
Many thanks to rob mclennan for his lovely review of Looms! “There is such an expansiveness to Martin’s Looms. The poems exist in that magical place where words, images and ideas collide, creating...
View ArticleReview of Looms on Bookslut
Thanks to Cort Bledsoe for his beautifully-written review of Looms in Bookslut. I appreciate the way he takes the time to delve into and quote from individual poems. Read his review here: To order...
View ArticleNew poem from Blueshift Road in Dusie: “Da Capo al Fine”
A poem from my manuscript Blueshift Road, “Da Capo al Fine,” has been featured at Dusie. Thanks to rob mclennan for asking me to contribute! Camille Martin
View ArticleOf Lazyboys and bagatelles: Sugar Beach – my new chap from Above/Ground Press
Sugar Beach is my second chap from rob mclennan’s Above/Ground Press (the first was 2011’s If Leaf, Then Arpeggio). This one’s a two-fer — it contains minimalist poems from my manuscript R...
View ArticlePremiere issue of Touch the Donkey
Three poems of mine (“Page Dust for Will”) are in the premiere issue (print!) of Touch the Donkey, published by rob mclennan in Ottawa. I’m in good company with Eric Baus, Hailey Higdon, rob...
View ArticleSeven questions for Camille Martin (Touch the Donkey supplement)
As if rob mclennan didn’t have enough to do following the birth of his and Christine’s lovely Rose! Using his super-human multi-tasking powers, he interviewed me in Touch the Donkey...
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