A Poet on the Moon

Title

A Poet on the Moon

Date

2015

Author

Genre

A POET ON THE MOON, offers poetry of broad experience, with writing as diverse in form as it is in theme. It moves between reflection, humour, nostalgia and irony, to express the vast breadth of human experience – love, war, family, aging, loss – in profound new ways.

EXCERPT
This is where I found them.
I’ve marked the spot
for you to find. He must have mounted, and then
embraced her, but within the few seconds
that their amphibian love
played out on this road, the wheel
of a car must have
crushed them in their cramp.
– from "Frog forensics: a cautionary tale"

READER COMMENTS
– "Great title and cover!" – Valerie Senyk

– "Super collection of poems. Well done Michael!" – Chris Atack

About the Author

Michael Kleiza

Originally from Montreal, Michael Kleiza now lives in Guelph with his partner, Susan, and his children, Zac and Caitlin.

Michael’s poems have been published in various anthologies and magazines. His poem “Remembrance Song” was chosen as a finalist for the William Collins Canadian Poetry Prize presented by Descant magazine. He has read his poetry at many venues, including The Fringe of the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival, the Hillside Festival and the Art Bar in Toronto. He is an alumnus of the Wired Writing program at the Banff Centre for Creativity in Alberta.

His first collection of poetry, A Poet on the Moon (Vocamsu Press), was published in 2015.

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