Poetry in Transit has been running since 1996, making it the longest-running poetry on transit program in Canada. Poems eligible for the project must be by writers who reside in BC and published in book form by Canadian publishers. Poems are submitted by publishers and selected by a jury.
The Poetry in Transit campaign is presented by the Association of Book Publishers of BC in partnership with TransLink and BC Transit.
Learn more about Poetry in Transit: poetryintransit.ca
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Notes
excerpt from “High Steel” reprinted from Falsework © 2007 by Gary Geddes, by permission of Goose Lane Editions.
excerpt from “Burrard Inlet Ships” reprinted from Birds, Metals, Stones & Rain © 2013 by Russell Thornton, by permission of Harbour Publishing.
“Mill Yard Sounds” reprinted from Valley Sutra © 2009 by Kuldip Gill, by permission of Caitlin Press.
“Great Moments in Construction: The Plumber” reprinted from Rough Ground Revisited © 2015 by Kate Braid, by permission of Caitlin Press.
excerpt from “One by One” reprinted from Ceremony of Touching © 2016 by Karen Shklanka, by permission of the author.
“Busking” reprinted from The Gladys Elegies © 1997 by Barbara Nickel, by permission of the author.
“The Poet Keeps a Jar of Commas on His Desk” reprinted from Quarrels © 2018 by Eve Joseph, by permission of Anvil Press.
“The Artist” reprinted from Too Fierce © 1995 by Patrick Lane, by permission of Harbour Publishing.
“Four Treasures” reprinted from Hong Kong Poems © 1997 by Andrew Parkin, by permission of Ronsdale Press.
“Small Song: Anger” reprinted from Thirty-seven Small Songs & Thirteen Silences © 2005 by Jan Zwicky, by permission of Gaspereau Press.
“theatre under the stars” reprinted from God on His Haunches © 1996 by Diane L. Tucker, by permission of Nightwood Editions.
“Embouchure” reprinted from Embouchure © 2011 by Kevin McNeilly, by permission of Nightwood Editions.
“Waiting” reprinted from After Desire © 2013 by George Stanley, by permission of New Star Books.
excerpt from “Cranes” reprinted from Between Dusk and Night © 2012 by Emily McGiffin, by permission of Brick Books.
“Springbomb” reprinted from High Speed Through Shoaling Water © 2007 by Tom Wayman, by permission of Harbour Publishing.
“Bolt” reprinted from Unfurled: Collected Poetry from Northern BC Women © 2010 by Laisha Rosnau, by permission of the author.
“Woman at the piano” reprinted from Defending Darkness © 2016 by Pamela Porter, by permission of Ronsdale Press.
excerpt from “Islands… The Heart” reprinted from Slow-Moving Target © 2000 by Sue Wheeler, by permission of Brick Books.
“An Era of Easy Meat at Jericho” reprinted from The Incorrection © 2007 by George McWhirter, by permission of the author.
“Summer” reprinted from The Other Side of Ourselves © 2011 by Rob Taylor, by permission of the author.
“Fever” reprinted from Wood © 2013 by Jennica Harper, by permission of Anvil Press.
“Bicycle Rack 2” reprinted from Stone/Rain © 2001 by W.H. New, by permission of the author.
“Don’t Give a Magnet to an Elephant” reprinted from Baaad Animals © 2006 by Tiffany Stone, by permission of Tradewind Books.
“’86” reprinted from God of Missed Connections © 2009 by Elizabeth Bachinsky, by permission of Nightwood Editions.
“Shifting Through Small Talk” reprinted from Jabbering with Bing Bong © 2015 by Kevin Spenst, by permission of Anvil Press.
excerpt from “Nord-Ost” reprinted from Correspondent © 2018 by Dominique Bernier-Cormier, by permission of Goose Lane Editions.
“I am five” reprinted from green girl dreams Mountains © 2001 by Marilyn Dumont, by permission of the author.
“25-Cent Hugs” reprinted from Reflections © 2003 by Jillian Bleackley, by permission of the author.
“Nothing to Forgive” reprinted from Acquired Community © 2016 by Jane Byers, by permission of Caitlin Press.
excerpt from “Incommunicado” reprinted from Frequent, small loads of laundry © 2017 by Rhonda Ganz, by permission of Mother Tongue Publishing.
“Geometry” reprinted from Ragtime for Beginners © 2008 by Moberley Luger, by permission of Killick Press.
excerpt from “Pectin” reprinted from Sustenance: Writers from BC and Beyond on the Subject of Food © 2017 by Leef Evans, by permission of Anvil Press.
“Observations Midway Through October” reprinted from moving to the clear © 2002 by Jason Dewinetz, by permission of NeWest Press.
excerpt from “Uncut Wood” reprinted from Song and Spectacle © 2012 by Rachel Rose, by permission of Harbour Publishing.
excerpt from “Normal” reprinted from Ink on Paper © 2013 by Brad Cran, by permission of Nightwood Editions.
excerpt from “Had I Stayed on the Farm” reprinted from The Village of Sliding Time © 2006 by David Zieroth, by permission of Harbour Publishing.
“viii” reprinted from Obituary of Light: The Sangan River Meditations © 2009 by Susan Musgrave, by permission of Leaf Press.
“Labour Day” reprinted from Interpreting Silence © 1994 by Rhonda Batchelor, by permission of the author.
excerpt from “Three Women, Nursing Home, Medical Wing” reprinted from Fielder’s Choice © 2002 by Elise Partridge, originally published by Véhicule Press, by permission of New York Review Books.
“The Old Routine” reprinted from A Few Words Will Do © 2007 by Lionel Kearns, by permission of Talonbooks.
The Association of Book Publishers of BC acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for this project, as well as operating assistance provided by the Canada Council for the Arts and Creative BC.
