Serious, playful, and governed by the eye's apprehension of the familiar as well as the shockingly new, Yvonne Blomer's Book of Places takes us cycling through Asian landscapes, Britain's stone cathed
Serious, playful, and governed by the eye's apprehension of the familiar as well as the shockingly new, Yvonne Blomer's Book of Places takes us cycling through Asian landscapes, Britain's stone cathedrals, and the intimate landmarks of home, where these poems accumulate earthly wonders: rivers and rain, animals, leaves, bamboo's hollow knock against stone. She drops the pebble of a word into a mirror pool, and its ripples expand into the still pond of the reader's mind. Ñ Pamela Porter, author of I'll be Watching, Cathedral, and Governor General's Award winner The Crazy Man
Yvonne Blomer lives in Victoria, BC where she works as a poet, memoirist, writing teacher, event organizer and mom. She was born in Zimbabwe and came to Canada when she was two years old. With her husband she has taught in Japan, cycled in Southeast Asia and lived in the UK where she completed an MA in Creative Writing: Poetry. Her poems have twice been shortlisted for the CBC Literary awards and have appeared in literary journals in Canada, the US, Japan and the UK. Her first collection of poetry, a broken mirror, fallen leaf (Ekstasis Editions), was shortlisted for The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award in 2007. She is the host/organizer of the Planet Earth Poetry Reading Series in Victoria, B.C. In 2012 Yvonne?s illustrated series of poems ÊBicycle Brand JourneyË will launch with Jack Pine Press.
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