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Gilding the Lily is Don Gutteridge's 75th book. One of the finest that he has ever written. Gilding the Lily is intimate and charismatic, as well as soul-stirring. This vibrant latest collection from Gutteridge is for "Anne who made love her gift to the world," the ADDENDUM notes before taking readers on a journey across pages full of memories and poignant emotions. Some pieces are immediate and urging; some are full of insight and wisdom. Continuing his flood of powerful, intimate, and nostalgic poetry, Don Gutteridge has compiled another gem of a collection in Gilding the Lily.

Sailing with the Wind is a book of 2023 poetry by Don Gutteridge published by Wet Ink Books. This latest book consists of short free-verse poems ranging from the small delights of childhood to the discovery of life's bigger passions and griefs. The collection is a series of soulful pieces randomly linked by lingering memories of the past. Themes of childhood bliss, adolescent sexuality, love of nature, familial and friendship ties, all bind together to make this very fine book.

Mangoes from the Seventh Dimension comprises dreams, visions, and strange stories in an ABC order designed to annoy the Librarian of Babel. Cats and eagles will speak to you; ancient Egypt will shine for you; and by the end you will know that every poem is a temple of words.John Tyndall reaches back to Egypt and other ancient places, to myths and histories, transforming what he sees through his magical spectacles. He describes both the exotic and the ordinary - but nothing is ordinary or mundane in John's vision. A waiter becomes the cupbearer of Alexander the Great. Supermarket mangoes come from the seventh dimension. The magical is never far away: the goddess Danu enchants; George Harrison offers the speaker a ride "out of suburbia"; even something as mundane as a haircut and shave becomes a secret journey to transformation. Three items left on a bench lead John to imagine a dramatic scene, only to see it differently on his second viewing ("Installation"). The mind, the poem, creates and re-creates.Blended in his poems are his love of The Beatles, of Kate Bush, of mythology, of birds, of all kinds of art. In his final poem of this collection, "Word Temple," he visualizes, even in the shape of the poem, the building of a temple, the creation of a poem, where the writer and reader, the teller and listener, the chant and the chanter, the priest and the acolyte, exchange places, or are one person, or are always in a wonderful dance together. Thus, in words so sensuous, with sounds so evocative of that combination of dreamy fantasy and the surprising world around him, John Tyndall brings us into his poetry, so that we may appreciate the magical along with him.¿ Marianne Micros, author of the poetry collection Seventeen Trees, the Governor-General's-Award-nominated story collection Eye, and her latest story collection Statue.

Devour: Art & Lit Canada - issue 016 is a Canadian culture magazine, published by Wet Ink Books.We are proud to bring you Devour: Art & Lit Canada. Devour is dedicated to the Canadian cultural voice. Find some of Canada's finest literary and visual talent from coast to coast, featured in every issue. The mission of Devour: Art & Lit Canada is to promote Canadian culture by bringing world-wide readers some of the best Canadian literature, art and photography. We would love to hear from you. Send a review of Devour to: DevourArtAndLitCanada @ gmail. com.

O Frabjous Day! by Don Gutteridge is a dazzling and impressive work from the Canadian Prince of Poetry. The voice in these pages is both heartbreaking and hopeful, and Gutteridge's imagination is extraordinary: there's no pretension; the writing is wholly spontaneous, all heart. Rich imagery and the layered meaning behind the words, however, demand a slow reading on the reader's part. Both a love letter and an invitation to all that's life, the book makes for a mesmerizing read.

Wait, What? by Richard-Yves Sitoski is the Second Place Winner of the Don Gutteridge Poetry Award 2022. If you can lose your head when all about you are keeping theirs, you will recognize yourself in this book. It's all here: hallucinatory infancy, dead-end employment, misadventures in the Mental Health System, and a future destined to add load to a structure not up to code in the first place.

K.V. Skene's poems, in this mature collection, will carry the reader through the seasons of life like a gentle breeze caressing the curtains in the open window of time. Seasonal Adjustments is the third place winner of the Don Gutteridge Poetry Award 2022.

This is Bruce Kauffman's latest collection of poetry, still arriving. Among other things it reflects on season, nature, transitions, death, interpretations, and life's crossroads that make us choose. He says his poems arrive often on walks and in café's, and that first drafts are always pen or pencil to a page.

Spanning decades and countless collections, Gutteridge's poems are as raw and heart touching as ever, delving into old memories, life, death, love, loss, and longing. Teeming with awe and sensation, these poems delve into memories of yesterday long-gone, moving skillfully from life to death, happiness to grief, boyhood lust to loss, and aging to resurrection. This is a poignant celebration of the pain and pleasure of being alive. Readers seeking contemplative poems executed with style and verve will find themselves besotted.

Devour: Art & Lit Canada - issue 015 is a Canadian culture magazine, published by Wet Ink Books.We are proud to bring you Devour: Art & Lit Canada. Devour is dedicated to the Canadian cultural voice. Find some of Canada's finest literary and visual talent from coast to coast, featured in every issue. The mission of Devour: Art & Lit Canada is to promote Canadian culture by bringing world-wide readers some of the best Canadian literature, art and photography. We would love to hear from you. Send a review of Devour to: DevourArtAndLitCanada @ gmail. com.

A middle-grade novel, a fable about a raccoon who tries to guide his animal brethren home after disaster strikes. When Gavin awakens on a fallen tree trunk, the raccoon is certain the catastrophic flood that hit Earthwood was only a nightmare. But it really happened, and that trunk has likely been floating aimlessly for some time. Luckily, he soon finds his brothers, Trisbert and Cuyler, as well as other "woods-creatures," including rabbits, mice, and a snake. When they finally get an inkling as to where they are, they realize getting back to Earthwood will be an arduous trek-through the predator-filled Forest of Everdark. Gavin, the oldest grandson of Earthwood's "clan coon" head, becomes the flood survivors' leader. They're in danger of terrifying foes, from wolves and coyotes to "universally evil" Tallwalkers who wield lethal "firesticks." Courage is a must, but they'll need brains as well to safely cross bodies of water and outwit predators that would otherwise devour them. All the while, they can only hope their missing friends and families are waiting for them.Gutteridge's gripping novel is often dark; threats against the woods-creatures are constant, and not everyone makes it to the end. It's nevertheless exciting as Gavin and the rest overcome obstacles in their path and enemies (like a fox) form alliances. What little humor there is comes courtesy of the woods-creatures' interpretations of humans, who speak "Gibberlish" and drive "doomsmobiles." These animals constitute a huge, appealing cast, including Gavin, a great commander in the making, and the porcupine Quiver, who either uses words incorrectly (a noble sediment) or simply makes them up (temcrestuous). Along with charming nods to Scripture and literature, from the biblical story of Noah and the flood to the Knights of the Round Table, this journey delivers a handful of surprises, particularly an effective final-act twist.A riveting morality tale with a marvelous forest-dwelling cast in line with Watership Down.