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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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