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Poets and artists of Canadian nationality.
Harold Rhenisch, Canada (b. 1958), poetry includes: The Brothers. Rhenisch is a poet, editor and writer with an extensive career in the publishing industry, teaching and agriculture. He has published more that eleven books of poetry and is the editor/publisher of The Milestones Review, a book review quarterly and publisher of chapbooks
Joseph Rosenblatt, Canada (b. 1933), poetry includes: The Dream, It Was Late in the Afternoon and XXXII. Rosenblatt is a poet and painter. His line drawings, paintings, and sketches often illustrate his own and other poets’ books of poetry.
Matt Ross, Canada (fl. 1999), poetry includes: SPAM Song. As of 1999, Ross was a poet and secondary school student at G. P. Vanier Secondary School in Courtenay, British Columbia. No other information is available.
Robert W. Service, Canada (1874-1958), poetry includes: The Junior God, The Argument, Ruins and Eateries. Service was a poet who was born in Lancashire, England and emigrated to Canada in 1894. He led and wrote about a vagabond career took him throughout the world.
Mark Sinnett, Canada (b. 1963), poetry includes: At the track, or Dog chases rabbit. Sinnett is a poet and winner of the Gerald Lampert Award in 1998 for his poetry collection The Landing, and the Toronto Book Award in 2010 for his novel The Carnivore. Sinnett is currently based in Kingston, Ontario, where he also works as a full-time real estate agent.
Robin Skelton, Canada (1925-1997), poetry includes: Wart Hog. Skelton was a poet, academic, writer and anthologist. He became Professor of English at the University of Victoria in British Columbia and served as Founder Chairman of Department of Creative Writing 1973-76. He was well known for his work as a literary editor and was a founder and editor, with John Peter, of The Malahat Review.
Carmine Starnino, Canada (b. 1970), poetry includes: Our Butcher. Starnino is a poet, essayist, critic and editor. He is the editor of poetry and the Signal Editions poetry series for Véhicule Press
Linda Stitt, Canada, (b. 1932), poetry includes: Bliss Pig. Stitt was born in Huntsville, Ontario, crying in iambic pentameter. Her life and education have been a process of what Carl Sagan described as “matter coming to consciousness”.
Sarah M. “Nettie” Squire Sutton, Canada / United States, (1864-1932), poetry includes: We Miss The Hogs And Cattle. She was a poet, wife and mother. Today, her poems give us a vivid window into a woman’s world one hundred years ago.
Richard Vallance, Canada (b. 1945), poetry includes: Whoso Squeals or Grunts. Vallance is a poet, and the editor of the international, multilingual sonnet anthology, The Phoenix Rising from the Ashes / Le Phénix Renaissant de ses Cendres (2013).