• Reading age: 16 to 18

The poetry of Clay Pots and Bones is Lindsay Marshall’s way of telling stories, of speaking with others about what things that matter to him. His heritage. His people. His life as a Mi’kmaw. For the reader, Clay Pots and Bones is a colourful journey from early days, when the People of the Dawn understood, interacted with and roamed the land freely, to the turbulent present and the uncertain future where Marshall envisions a rebirth of the Mi’kmaq. The poetry challenges and enlightens. It will, most certainly, entertain.

Lindsay Robert Marshall is a frequent contributor of poetry for important celebrations including as Mi’kmaw poet laureate for an official visit to Nova Scotia by Queen Elizabeth II (2010). He has been featured artist at numerous literary and arts festivals including the Labrador Creative Arts Festival (2000), The Frye Festival (2000), Annapolis Royal Literary festival (1998), The Canadian Arts Festival, University of Edinboro, PA (2004) and in The Mi'kmaq Anthology, Vols. 1 and 2 (Pottersfield Press 2012) and, in 2014, the Ullapool Book Festival, Scotland. His first book of poetry, Clay Pots and Bones was first published in 1997 and re-released by CBU Press (2014).

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