Poetry Books
- Illuminated Verses. Canadian Scholars Press ; Kellom Press, 2005.
- Blue. [poems] Vancouver : Polestar, 2001. 157 p. ISBN: 1551924145
- Execution poems : the Black Acadian tragedy of "George and Rue." [poems] Wolfville, N.S.: Gaspereau Press, 2001. 44 p. ISBN: 1894031482
Winner of the Governor General's Award for Poetry, 2001
- Lush dreams, blue exile. [poems] Porter's Lake, N.S.: Pottersfield Press, 1994. 95 p. ISBN: 0919001831
- Whylah Falls. [poems] Winlaw, B.C.: Polestar Press, c1990 159 p. ISBN: 0919591574
- Saltwater spirituals and deeper blues. [poems] Porters Lake, N.S. : Pottersfield Press, 1983. 96 p. ISBN: 0919001130; ISBN: 0919001122
Editor of Anthologies
- Eyeing the north star : directions in African-Canadian literature. Edited by George Elliott Clarke. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, c1997. 268 p. ISBN: 0771021259
- Fire on the water : an anthology of black Nova Scotian writing. Edited by George Elliott Clarke. Porter's Lake, N.S.: Pottersfield, c1991-1992. 2 v. ISBN: 091900167X; ISBN 0919001718
- Border lines : contemporary poems in English. Edited by J.A. Wainwright, George Elliot Clarke and others. Mississauga, Ont.: Copp Clark, 1995. 465 p. ISBN: 0773053425
Other
- Trudeau : long march, shining path, Kentville, N.S. : Gaspereau Press, 2007.
- George & Rue: A Novel, HarperCollins, 2004; Secker & Warburg, 2005; Carroll & Graf, 2006.
- Québécité: A Jass Fantasia in Three Cantos,Gaspereau Press, 2003.
- Beatrice Chancy. [play].Victoria, B.C. : Polestar Book Publishers, c1999. 157 p. .ISBN: 1896095941
- Odysseys home : mapping African-Canadian literature. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. 491 p. ISBN: 0802043763 (bound) ISBN: 0802081916 (pbk.)
George Elliott Clarke's works copyright © to the author.