Books & Chapbooks
- The Red Fox. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1971 ISBN 0-7710-4241-8
- In A White Shirt. Windsor, ON : Black Moss Press, 1982 ISBN 0-88753-086-0
- Moonlight Saving Time. Toronto : Wolsak and Wynn, 1990 ISBN 0-919897-22-3
- Ghost Test Flights. (Chapbook) Edmonton : Rubicon Press,2008 ISBN 978-0-9809278-0-1
- Porcupine Archery. Toronto : Insomniac Press, 2009 ISBN 978-1-897178-77-5
Selected Anthologies
- Made In Canada. Ottawa : Oberon Press, 1970 ISBN 0-88750-022- 6
- Soundings. Toronto : House of Anansi Press, 1970 ISBN 0-88784-019-1 Soundings
- The Book Cellar Anthology. Toronto : Peter Martin Associates Ltd., 1971 ISBN 0-88778-028-8
- Storm Warning. Toronto : McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1971 ISBN 0-7710-7191-4
- Sleeping Bags & Flying Machines. Don Mills : Thomas Nelson (Canada), 1973 ISBN 0-176-31036-3
- Nearly An Island: a Nova Scotian anthology. St. John's : Breakwater Books, 1979 ISBN 0-919948-65-0
- Aurora: New Canadian Writing 1980. Toronto : Doubleday Canada Ltd., 1980 ISBN 0-385-15771-1
- The Maple Laugh Forever. Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers, 1981 ISBN 0-88830-198-7
- Sunburst: An Anthology of Poetry. Scarborough, ON : Nelson Canada, 1982 ISBN 0-17-601814-X
- More Garden Varieties TWO. Toronto : The Mercury Press, 1990 ISBN 0-920544-76-2
- Halifax: A Literary Portrait. Porter's Lake, NS : Pottersfield Press, 1990 ISBN 0-919110-65-3
- Best Canadian Poetry in English, 2008. Toronto : Tightrope Books, 2008 ISBN 978-0-9783351-7-5
Periodical Publications, 2000-2009
- About The Dog - The New Quarterly #89 Winter/Spring 2004
- An Absence of Cenotaphs - Canadian Literature #189 - Summer 2006
- An Absence of Fish Story - The Nashwaak Review #16/17 - Spring/Summer 2006
- Across The Street From The Tree of Life - ARC - Summer 2004
- Adventures In Oblivion - Grain Vol. 31 No. 4 - Spring 2004
- After The Fact - Nthposition (London, UK) - April 2009
- After Words - The Antigonish Review - TBA 2009
- And Then The Morning Found Us - The Antigonish Review #139 - Autumn 2004
- At The Dartmouth Market - All Rights Reserved Vol. 2 - "Undone": Autumn 2008
- August Song - Queen's Quarterly Vol. 109 No. 2 - Summer 2002
- Becoming Landscape - Existere Vol. 26 No. 1 - Spring 2006
- Big Stars, Off Halifax - The Malahat Review #157 - Winter 2006
- Birds On Reverb - Queen Street Quarterly Vol. 5, No. 1 - Spring 2001
- Boys Who Go Aloft - The New Quarterly - Fall 2008
- Calling It In, Regent Park - Misunderstandings Vol. #5 - Fall 2006
- Carry On - The Dalhousie Review 82.2 - Summer 2002
- Character Based On An Old Letter With The Same Surname - The Literary Review of Canada - June 2009
- Dad's Boxes - Queen Street Quarterly Vol. 7, No. 1 - 2003
- Dad's Canoe - ARC - Winter 2002
- Dark Meat - Descant 116 Vol. 33 No. 1 - Spring 2002
- Detachment - Magma 43 (London) - Spring 2009
- Episode Thirty-Four - Pagitica Vol. 2 No. 4 - Winter 2004
- Face On The Wall - Pilot Pocket Book 3 - December 2007
- Father-In-Waiting (And The Smallest Fish Will Be Voracious) - The New York Quarterly (New York) - TBA 2009
- Fly Fishing In Andromeda - Descant Vol. 40, No. 3 - Fall 2009
- Ghost Test Flight - Nthposition (London, UK) - July 2007
- Going Under It - Descant 116 Vol. 33 No. 1 - Spring 2002
- Grief - Paperplates Vol. 7 No. 1 - Fall 2007
- How It's Coming and Going - The Nashwaak Review #16/17 - Spring/Summer 2006
- How It Was At The End - Rampike - Autumn 2008
- How She Became A Pairs Skating Judge - Literary Review of Canada - March 2008
- How're You Now? - The Antigonish Review #139 - Autumn 2004
- How The Moon Was Made - Misunderstandings #9 - Summer 2008
- If Anything Should Break - The New Quarterly #89 - Winter/Spring 2004
- If The Coat Fits - Grain Vol. 30 #2 - Fall 2002
- The Inmate - The Antigonish Review #124 - Winter 2001
- The Interface - The Antigonish Review #124 - Winter 2001
- Just Asking - Nthposition (London, UK) - April 2008
- Knowing The Difference - Magma 43 (London) - Spring 2009
- Late Light - Canadian Literature #193 - Summer 2007
- (Included in the anthology, The Best Canadian Poetry in English, 2008
- ) Late Show - Canadian Literature #184 - Spring 2005
- Letter Back From Mladen - Existere #28.2 - Spring/Summer 2009
- L'Etranger de Nouvelle Ecosse - Lichen 7.2 - Fall/Winter 2005
- Management Has Decided - Rampike - Autumn 2008
- Marconi Anniversary - Lichen 6.1 - Spring 2004
- Metaphysical Weather Report - ARC - Winter 2003
- Miles To Go, Ocean Version - Canadian Literature - #177 - Summer 2003
- Milton's Clydesdales - Descant 116 Vol. 33 No. 1 - Spring 2002
- Moth, 1967 - Grain Vol. 31 No. 4 - Spring 2004
- Musquodoboit To Sheet Harbour - The Windsor Review Vol. 39, No. 1 - 2006
- Nightcap, Thirty Years Later - The Nashwaak Review #20/21- Spring/Summer 2008
- Old Enough To Remember - The Capilano Review Series 2, #48 - Winter 2006
- Once - The Dalhousie Review 87.2 - Summer 2007
- Polio Snowshoes - The Dalhousie Review 80.3 - Autumn 2000
- Porcupine Archery - Pilot Pocket Book 3 - December 2007
- Portrait of A Friend - The Dalhousie Review 81.1 - Spring 2001
- Rowing Home - The Antigonish Review #129 - Spring 2002
- The Season Inside - The Windsor Review Vol. 39, No. 1 - 2006
- Shadows On New Curtains - Descant 116 Vol. 33 No. 1 - Spring 2002
- Since You're Still Asleep - Event Vol. 32 #2 - Summer 2003
- Some of The Things He Couldn't Say - The Antigonish Review #132 - Winter 2003
- Team Meat - The Antigonish Review # 136 - Winter 2004
- Tom's Nose - Event - TBA 2009
- /10 Trailer For Forced Retirement - The Capilano Review Series 2, #48 - Winter 2006
- True Tales of The Bermuda Triangle - The New Quarterly #89 Winter/Spring 2004
- Welcome To My Fort - Lichen 6.1 - Spring 2004
- West LaHave From Away - The Antigonish Review #124 - Winter 2001
- What Happens Next - Lichen 6.1 - Spring 2004
- When I Want To - Grain Vol. 30 No.2 - Summer 2002
- Where They're Coming From - Wascana Review Vol. 40 #1 & #2 - Spring 2008
- Wish Fish - Lichen 7.2 - Fall/Winter 2005
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