Books

• A Poor Photographer. Victoria: Sono Nis Press, 1981.
• Hidden Structure. Victoria: Ekstasis Editions, 1984.
• West of Darkness: a portrait of Emily Carr. Kapuskasing: Penumbra Press, 1987.
• Great Men. Kingston: Quarry Press, 1990.
• Notes toward a Family Tree. Kingston: Quarry Press, 1993.
• Designs from the Interior. Toronto: House of Anansi, 1994.
• Sweet Ellipsis. Toronto: ECW, 1998.
• West of Darkness: Emily Carr, a self-portrait. 2nd Rev. Ed., Vancouver: Beach Holme, 1999.
• Hypothesis. Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2001.

Chapbooks

• Destinations, Leaving the Map. Maxville, Ont.: above/ground press, 1995.
• Oxygen. Maxville, Ont.: above/ground press, 1999.
• Shroud. Ottawa: Viola Leaflets, 1999.
• Runoff. Ottawa: Viola Leaflets, 2003.

Editor

• Silences. Toronto: League of Canadian Poets, 1994.
• Belles Lettres. Toronto: League of Canadian Poets, 1995.
• We All Begin in a Little Magazine: Arc and the Promise of Canada's Poets. Ottawa: Arc Poetry
• Society/Carleton University Press, 1998.

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