Poet to Poet ─ Poems Written to Poets and the Stories That Inspired Them

Poets find inspiration in all manner of human experience, from the comical to the sombre. The creative processes by which they grow their poems to fruition are as diverse, and often as quirky, as their subjects. But what all poets have in common is their captivation by the work and lives of other poets, living and dead. Poet to Poet is a unique anthology that honours, and probes, this peculiar enchantment. Featuring work by Canadian poets written to, about, or in the manner of other poets, each poem is accompanied by a back story that provides a glimpse into the creative cauldron and the poetic communion of kindred spirits. {Guernica Editions}

Both Julie Roorda and Elana Wolff are long-time authors with Guernica. Among Julie's publications are the poetry collections Eleventh Toe, Courage Underground and Floating Bodies. Elana is the author of four collections of poetry, with Startled Night her latest, as well as Implicate me: Short Essays on Reading Contemporary Poems. Her collection, You Speak to Me in Trees, won the 2008 F.G. Bressani Prize.