In both Canada and the US, it's National Poetry Month. In honour of this celebration, here are thirteen of my poems which I've featu...

I wrote this poem for my mom about fifteen years ago, for her Mother's Day card. Since it's her birthday today, I thought I'd sh...

For the Poetry Train, I've posted an anonymous poem written for Remembrance Day. I was born on Remembrance Day, and this time set aside ...

Thoughts on the Volumes of Poetry at the Reference Library What is it that makes me Jot these words down Just this way And call it a poem? I...

The Meaning The words that make me think of you are these Soldier – for you had my back and I, yours Department – with Cedric’s West Indian ...

Here's a backstory poem for the husband of last week 's poem narrator, and the step father of this narrator . Luther is a fur trappe...

Since I've currently got my mind wrapped around the story for the screenplay I'm working on, here's another backstory poem. This...

This is a brand new poem, a backstory poem for one of my fictional characters. Arlen is a 17-year-old boy who lives in a cabin in the woods ...

I found this wonderful poetry template at Candid Karina's and couldn't wait to do one of my own. Here is Karina's beautiful vers...

I wrote this poem for my friend Shelley when her mom passed away. We were in our mid-20's and not really prepared to lose a parent. I re...

Last year at this time, my family and I were spending as much time as possible with my dad, Norman Phillips. He was in his last few weeks of...

This is another backstory poem, this time for Jocelyne, the young Dowager Countess of Moncrieffe. I posted an excerpt a few Poetry Mondays ...

I have a guest poet appearing on the Poetry Train today. It's Jeff Smith, my brother-in-law. Shared Fantasy I'd like to share this f...

At the request of Susan , here is a bit of backstory for Guthrie Carmichael, the Scottish gamekeeper from my excerpt posted last week. Gold...

This one is so new it's barely wrapped in swaddling clothes. Tomorrow is the One Year Blogiversary of A Piece of My Mind . Drop by and c...

This is a reworked poem from my high school years. The original version is quite long. One might even say overly long. I had a look at it re...

This poem was inspired by the relationship my late father-in-law suffered through with his father. I've been thinking about that a lot s...

The moon came up Sunday night, huge and full and golden. I'm always entranced by the moon. I gaze at it often, many times while walking ...

Since we're tucked into our house riding out a major snowstorm tonight, I felt like posting this older poem I wrote when I was still in ...

Here's a real trip down memory lane. Believe it or not, I wrote this when I was 13. Obviously, I was channeling my inner Victorian poet....