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I was absolutely shocked to learn that Mary Dalton had chosen a poem of mine to be included in the anthology The Best Canadian Poetry 2026 . Thank you thank you thank you! "Ode to Joy" was originally published with Queen's Quarterly . So many thanks to James Carson for selecting it for that publication! I think gobsmacked was the word I used when responding to the news that my poem "A Walking Prayer" was chosen to win the Silver Medal with the National Magazine Awards in Canada . I get shivers thinking about this. Many thanks to Lindsey Childs and the team at Prairie Fire for originally publishing the poem and believing in it. And that kind note forwarded from a jury member makes me cry in a good way. This is what writing is for. This is why we do what we do. Deep thanks Tanya. (I believe you can hear me reading it here .) It had been a longtime goal of mine to be published in Lake Effect . Finally, "Late Summer" appeared in the latest issue. Thank ...
