Publications by Lois Lorimer
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From James Crews, the editor of the bestselling poetry anthologies How to Love the World and The Path to Kindness, presents a collection of highly accessible, uplifting poetry celebrating the small wonders and peaceful moments of everyday life. Lois' poem Rescue Dog is included in this American anthology along with works by fellow Canadian Poets, Susan Musgrave and Lorna Crozier.
Storey Publishing, 2023 North Adams, Massachusetts, USA |
Stripmall Subversive
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Stripmall Subversive
Lois Lorimer
Published by Variety Crossing Press, December 2012
ISBN: 978-0-9812279-6-2
Stripmall Subversive muses on the violence in neglected inner suburbs, seemingly quiet moments in nature and the breathtaking beauty of place. Lorimer leaves her imaginative imprint on waterways and rural landscapes that startle us with her skilled use of metaphor.
“That stripmall is all too real, but the subversion of Lorimer’s poetry is subtle, shining and sophisticated.”
-Molly Peacock
"This first collection marks the arrival of an already accomplished poet."
- Ian Burgham
Stripmall Subversive
Lois Lorimer
Published by Variety Crossing Press, December 2012
ISBN: 978-0-9812279-6-2
Stripmall Subversive muses on the violence in neglected inner suburbs, seemingly quiet moments in nature and the breathtaking beauty of place. Lorimer leaves her imaginative imprint on waterways and rural landscapes that startle us with her skilled use of metaphor.
“That stripmall is all too real, but the subversion of Lorimer’s poetry is subtle, shining and sophisticated.”
-Molly Peacock
"This first collection marks the arrival of an already accomplished poet."
- Ian Burgham
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Heartwood: Poems for the Love of Trees
A tribute to the timeless impact of nature on Canadian poetry. Published by League of Canadian Poets, 2018 ISBN: 9781896216515 Buy Now from Amazon: amazon.ca Woodlot What's unspoken when the tongues of trees are in their roots, deep in what humus conceals: shells, bones of beloved dogs, shards of meteor. Snow shields breath of trillium, the silent wonder of hepatica. Quinte sky foglight pale behind the consolation of pine, and winter's vertebrae in branches stark as bone in the dark months. There is knowledge in these woods brilliant as the meteor's pounce. In every woodlot a secret, where mother cedar inverts root language, calls our names. - Lois Lorimer |
Animal Companions, Animal Doctors, Animal People
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One of Lois' poems is included in this anthology of poems, essays and stories about the extraordinary connection people have with animals arranged in four sections:
Published by the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph in 2012.
Edited by Hilde Weisert (Poet) and Esizabeth Arnold Stone (Dean of the Veterinary College).
Contributors include:
- The Work of the Animal
- Animal Doctors
- Passages
- Imagination Itself.
Published by the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph in 2012.
Edited by Hilde Weisert (Poet) and Esizabeth Arnold Stone (Dean of the Veterinary College).
Contributors include:
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The Bright Well: Contemporary Canadian Poetry About Facing Cancer
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Lois features two poems in this anthology published by Leaf Press in 2011.
Edited by Fiona Tinwei Lam MICHELE LANDSBERG: “The intensity of living through and perhaps surviving cancer and its treatments is so extreme – the dread, the streaming inner narrative, the moments of giddy joy at being still alive – is superbly captured by poetry. Here, in astonishing images and lucid shards of insight, Canada’s poets share the most intimate experiences of the disease we all fear. They give us words and pictures with which to snare the demon fear and celebrate the return of life. Reading these poems is to remember, recognize and ruefully greet those physical details and human frailties we cancer survivors share. It’s a strange relief, a remembrance, the release of tears and the return of rejoicing.” Available from: Leaf Press, Box 416, Lantzville B.C., Canada VOR 2HO: www.leafpress.ca ISBN 978-1-926655-34-5 |
Between the Houses
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Lois's second chapbook, Between the Houses was first published in 2010 by Maclean Dubois, Hillend House, Hillend, Edinburgh, EH10 7DX
ISBN 978-0-9565278-0-6 "Rooted in place and memory, Lorimer's poems capture a wind sweep of emotion as they muscle through the pages of this vivid first collection. Between the Houses marks the emergence of a mature and distinctive voice."- Catherine Graham |
Last Fall Showing
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First chapbook, Last Fall Showing published in 2009 by
None Better Publishing.
Lois read poems from this book at the Plasticine Reading Series, 2009. ISBN 978-0-9865743-0-6 |
Additional Publications
POEMS
- Literary Review of Canada, 2020 - "The Clearing: January"
- Literary Review of Canada, 2012 - "Vanity Table"
- Scarborough Writers' Month 2010 - "Spring Burning at Noon"
- ARC Poetry Annual 2011: Poet as Art Thief - "Forms"
- Hart House Review 2008 - "The Rectory Donegal" , "Antrim Coast"