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Poetry Women Authors

dreaming of kaleidoscopes

by (author) chris wind

Publisher
Magenta
Initial publish date
Jan 2011
Category
Women Authors, General, Canadian
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781926891149
    Publish Date
    Jan 2011
    List Price
    $4.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781926891132
    Publish Date
    Feb 2011
    List Price
    $14.99

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intensely honest and unbearably sensitive, a non-thematic 'best of' collection of poems spanning about fifteen years, from the poet’s late teens in the 1970s to her early thirties in the 1990s

About the author

Contributor Notes

chris wind has degrees in Literature (B.A.), Education (B.Ed.), and Philosophy (M.A.).

wind’s poetry has been published in Alpha, The Antigonish Review, Ariel,
 Atlantis, Bite, Bogg, Canadian Author and Bookman, Canadian Dimension,
Canadian Woman Studies, Contemporary Verse 2, The Free Verse Anthology,
Girlistic Magazine,  grain, Interior Voice, Kola, Mamashee, The New
Quarterly, Next Exit, Onionhead, Poetry Toronto, Prism International,
Rampike,  Shard, The University of Toronto Review, The Wascana Review,
Whetstone, White Wall Review, Women's Education des femmes, and three
anthologies (Clever Cats, ed. Ann Dubras; Visions of Poesy, ed. Dennis
Gould; Going for Coffee, ed. Tom Wayman). “Luncheon on the Grass" was
the motive poem for an exhibit by Brooks Bercovitch and Colton at the
Galerie Schorer, Montreal (1998).  A broadsheet, “this is the person,”
was published by Ouroboros Press (1986) and her first collection of
poetry, Paintings and Sculptures, was published by Ginninderra Press
(2005).

wind’s prose has been read on CBC Radio and published in ACT, Alpha,
American Atheist, The Antigonish Review, Canadian Woman Studies, event,
Existere, (f.)Lip, Herizons, Herstoria, The Humanist, Humanist in
Canada, Hysteria, The New Quarterly, Other Voices, Secular Nation, and
Waves.

wind’s theatrical work has been performed by Venus Theater (Laurel,
Maryland), Alumnae Theatre, Theatre Resource Center, Theatre Asylum,
Buddies in Bad Times, and A Company of Sirens (all in Toronto).

chris wind has received thirteen Ontario Arts Council grants based on publisher and theatre recommendation.

chris wind was guest speaker at Clarkson Secondary School during
Canadian Writers' Week (1992), panellist at the Canadian National
Feminist Poetry Conference (Winnipeg, 1992), and featured in an article
in The Montreal Gazette (1994).

Excerpt: dreaming of kaleidoscopes (by (author) chris wind)

dreaming of kaleidoscopes
whirls a storm
of scarlet and crimson
the cobweb drips
and black and blue
black blue shrouds
the bleeding petals
torn
ragged
scabs and scars
blowing across the snow
desert voices
in a white room
stark and naked
i
walk slowly
twisted grey and sometimes purple
rarefied and far too dense
i walk
i walk
and every now
and then
i pick up a piece
like shards of glass
some mirrors
and i don't know
if i throw it away
if i lose it
if i store it for sustenance
to inflict
to understand
who.
who.
standing on a cliff
in a silent blizzard
crumbling
and dreaming of kaleidoscopes
all the pieces always fit
and i don't know
i won't take
the one with the sharpest edge
and make the cut
to end all cuts.

Editorial Reviews

“dreaming of kaleidoscopes is a top pick of poetry and is very much worth considering.” Midwest Book Review

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