Canadian poet, Phil Hall, had a banner year this year (and last) with his new book, Killdeer. In 2011 the book won the Governor General's award for poetry and in 2012 it won the Trillium book Award and was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Hall is a very interesting poet. Well worth reading. Google him and find out stuff. Poetry Stratford heard him read at the Griffin Prize readings and he was great. Check Phil out, absolutely.
One of the things I'm hoping to focus on, now that The Blog Is Back Hooray!, is late bloomers in poetry. These are people who, for who knows what complicated set of reasons, don't receive the recognition they deserve for their work until they are deceased or are too advanced in age (if this is possible), to date pro football cheerleaders as a result of poetic glory. So, what good is the award,right? Anyway, I'm hoping to bring some of these people to your attention. There are a lot of good poets out there not just the usual list of greatness, although they are wonderful as well. Canadian poetry, in this blog's opinion, has never been in better shape. We now have enough variety in styles and outlook to create controversy. Poetry fight. Whoa! Check it out.
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