Vocamus Press Titles - Poetry
Abandoned by the Muse
ABANDONED BY THE MUSE draws its imagery from the author's emerging identification with the landscape between Guelph and Kitchener.
By: Bieke Stengos
2014
The Diaries of Aristogeiton
Poetry that revives the story of legendary Athenian lovers, Aristogeiton and Harmodios.
2024
Draw Me the Sky
Poems that draw from a work of theology written in the Wendat language.
By: James Nowak
2024
Eli, Eli
ELI, ELI is the poetic record of a mother's grief at the loss of her young child.
By: Kathleen James
2012
Guelph Versifiers of the 19th Century
A comprehensive introduction to the poets and poetry of the City of Guelph before the year 1900.
By: Various Authors
Editor: David J. Knight
2014
A Happy Rhymer
A HAPPY RHYMER is a collection of selected poetry and prose from Anne Sutherland Brooks.
Editor: Edward Butts
I Want a Poem
I WANT A POEM is a collection of lyric poems that explores the relationship between poetry and desire.
By: Valerie Senyk
2014
Indexical
INDEXICAL is a broadsheet poem made up entirely of references to words in other Canadian poems.
By: Jeremy Luke Hill
2018
Insecta
Poetry that blurs the line between humans and insects in ways that are both unexpected and profoundly moving.
By: Jacob Wilde
2024
Island Pieces
ISLAND PIECES is a collection of short prose, poetry, and photography that recalls summers spent on Manitoulin Island.
By: Jeremy Luke Hill
2013
Open Up the Sky
OPEN UP THE SKY is a unique and beautiful correspondence between two poets.
By: Rob O'Flanagan & By: Heather Cardin
2015
A Poet on the Moon
A POET ON THE MOON offers a poetry of broad experience, with writing as diverse in form as it is in theme.
By: Michael Kleiza
2015
Rhapsody 2014
RHAPSODY 2014 is a collection of poetry and very short prose by Guelph and area writers.
By: Various Authors
2014
Rhapsody 2015
The Rhapsody Anthology is the annual collection of Guelph poetry and very short prose that Friends of Vocamus Press publishes.
By: Various Authors
2015
Rhapsody 2016
RHAPSODY 2016 is a collection of Guelph poetry published by Friends of Vocamus Press to increase public awareness of Guelph poets.
By: Various Authors
2016
Rhapsody 2017
RHAPSODY 2017 is a collection of Guelph poetry published by Friends of Vocamus Press to increase public awareness of Guelph poets.
By: Various Authors
2017
Rhapsody 2018
RHAPSODY 2018 is a collection of Guelph poetry published by Friends of Vocamus Press to increase public awareness of Guelph poets.
By: Various Authors
2018
Rhapsody 2019
An annual collection of poetry by writers in Wellington County
By: Various Authors
Editor: Michael Kleiza
2019
Rhapsody 2020
An annual collection of poetry by writers in Wellington County.
By: Various Authors
Editor: Michael Kleiza
2021
Rhapsody 2021 /2022
The Rhapsody Anthology is an annual collection of writing by Guelph and area authors.
By: Various Authors
Editor: Michael Kleiza
2021
Rise
Andrea Perry’s RISE is poetry that maintains a fierce and unflinching hope in the midst of the world’s fracture and dislocation.
By: Andy Perry
2016
Small Planes and the Dead Fathers of Lovers
Candace de Taeye’s debut full-length collection of poetry, explores with wit and sincerity ideas of family, relationship, and home.
By: Candace De Taeye
2016
Stick
STICK is a a chapbook of poetry and photography exploring questions of body image.
By: Valerie Senyk & By: Rachelle Bergeron
2018
Trumped: Poems in Their Own Words
TRUMPED is a chapbook of poetry written from the actual words of officials in the Trump administration.
By: Jeremy Luke Hill
2017