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Stanza
Break Series
All Stanza Break Series Chapbooks are published
for TOPS members by Beret Days Press, A division of the Ontario
Poetry Society. Click here to find out
how you can have a chapbook of your poetry published by TOPS.
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From
The Reserves
Peggy Fletcher
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Stanza
Break Series # 20 - ISBN: 978-0-9783371-9-3
To
order a copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
payable to:
Peggy
Fletcher,
130 Martin St., Sarnia, Ont. N7T 3N6
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Rhyme
& Reason Unite
J. Graham Ducker, J.C. Hershberg, Lou Ponstingl
"Three
of T.O.P.S.' most distinguished members have come together to
eloquently exhibit their well-crafted and delightful rhyming poems."
- I.B. Iskov
Stanza
Break Series # 19 - ISBN: 978-0-9783371-8-6
To
order a copy from any of these authors, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
payable
to:
J. Graham
Ducker, #204 - 95 Taunton Rd. East, Oshawa, Ont. L1G 3T6
J.C. Hershberg, #807 - 15 London Green Ct., Toronto, Ont. M3N
1K4
Lou Ponstingl, 1556-R.R. #1, Box 112, Cherry Valley, Ont. K0K
1P0
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Days
of Draper Township School S.S. #1
Norma West Linder
"
These poems spin a delightful autobiographical account drawn out
of a pristine past; each of these moving poems filled with something
lost, yet still ruminating wistfully like warming embers left
to linger in the author's present." - Sophie Soil
Stanza
Break Series # 18 - ISBN: 978-0-9783371-7-9
To
order a copy, send $10 ($ + $2 p&h)
payable to:
Norma
West Linder,
1223 Willa Drive, Sarnia, Ont., N7S 1T8
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Workshop
Sketches
Joanna Gale
"Joanna's
poetry reflects new and often clever perspectives on fresh material.
Joanna has investigated new forms and structures for her work
and has successfully married her content." - April Bulmer
Stanza
Break Series # 17 - ISBN: 978-0-9783371-4-8
To
order a copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
payable to:
Gail
Dickie,
15 Bralorne Cres., Toronto, Ont. M6S 4R1
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Remembering
Albert
Heidy Schumacher
"Heidy
shares many poignant moments with the reader.
These poems, while avoiding sentimentality, are rich with sentiment."
Norma West Linder
Stanza
Break Series # 16 - ISBN: 978-0-9783371-3-1
To
order a copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
payable to:
Heidy
Schumacher
3244 Virginia Park, Windsor, Ont. N9E 2C3
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Executive
Sweet
Poetry by TOPS Executives:
Michael Persaud - Debbie Okun Hill
Kate Marshall Flaherty - Bunny Iskov
Chris Sorrenti - Mark Clement
Enjoy
all the sweet things: friends, family, sugar, spring, candies
and soil in this delightful, provocative and down to earth mini
anthology.
Stanza
Break Series # 15 - ISBN: 978-0-9783371-2-4
To
order a copy send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable
to:
The Ontario Poetry Society
#
710 - 65 Spring Garden, Toronto, ON M2N 6H9
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Turning
Points
Ruth Bernard
"In
the strongest poetic voice....A powerful chapbook with
a far reaching message about humankind." - Peggy Fletcher
Stanza
Break Series # 14 - ISBN: 978-0-9781416-8-4
To
order a copy send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable
to:
Ruth Bernard,
#501 - 70 Montclair Ave., Toronto, Ont. M5P 1P7
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earth
stories
Peter Tasker
"The
wind, the water, the words and creatures weave their magic throughout
Peter's poetry to illuminate the myth and wonder of our world."
- Mark Clement
Stanza
break Series # 13 - ISBN: 978-0-9781416-5-3
To
order a copy send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable
to:
Peter Tasker
86 Isthmus Bay Rd., Lion's Head, Ont. N0H 1W0
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Songs
of Love and Misgivings
Dina
Ripsman Eylon
"Dina
takes the reader on a disappointing journey of looking for love
and finding cruelty on "unworldly roads". Some lines
have a genuine musical feeling and many of these poems have a
kind of radiance, despite their sadness."
- Ellen
S. Jaffe, Poet, Author & Teacher
Stanza
Break Series # 12 - ISBN: 978-0-9781416-1-5
To
order a copy send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:
Dina Eylon
246-1054 Centre St. Thornhill,
ON. L4J 8E5
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Anatomically
Correct
Sara
Luterman
"These
poems about life and relationships capture a young girl's struggle
to survive
in a confusing world. Sara is a fresh new voice which looks
at issues in new ways." - Aha Blume,
Hamilton poet and member
Stanza
Break Series # 11 - ISBN: 978-0-9781416-0-8
To
order a copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:
Sara Luterman
35 Hemlock Hill Rd. Orchard Park, N.Y. 14127 U.S.A.
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The
Soft Furnace
Chad Norman
Chad's
intimate poems on sex and sexuality will leave you breathless.
This "Adults Only Please" collection should be kept
on your night stand,
and studied closely before turning out the lights.
Stanza
Break Series # 10 - ISBN: 0-9739100-8-9
To
order a copy send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:
Chad Norman,
#12 - 37 Braemar Court, Truro, NS. B2N
1V2
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Magical
Manitoulin
Norma West Linder
You
will find enchantment on an island of pleasure in these bewitching
poems about Manitoulin Island, both past and present. Norma
takes us back to the 1930's and to her childhood, with timeless
poems about her life in Mindemoya.
Stanza
Break Series # 9 - ISBN: 0-9739100-7-0
To
order a copy send $10. ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:
Norma West Linder,
1223 Willa Drive, Sarnia, ON. N7S 1T8
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Rebels
With A Cause
Poetry by:
Katerina Fretwell
I.B. Iskov
Shirley A. McCormick
Tracy Lynn Repchuck
Four
dynamic women have come together to offer their poems on the rebellious,
the courageous, the fearless, the heartless and the outrageous.
Stanza
Break Series # 8 - �ISBN:
0-9739100-3-8
To
order a copy send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:
Katerina Fretwell
R.R. # 2, Parry Sound, Ont. P2A 2W8
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Jasmine
Star Light
Anna
Yin
You
will treasure the poems of The Ontario Poetry Society's Ted Plantos
Memorial Award Winner for 2005. Anna Yin's poems are both delicate
and dramatic. They will take you on an exotic journey in your
mind and
gently return you to your own backyard.
Stanza
Break Series # 7 - ISBN: 0-9739100-2-X, 20 pp
�To order a copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:
Anna
Yin,
3820 Lacman Trail, Mississauga, ON.
L5M 6A8
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THE
GREEN MAN
Frances Roberts
"The
Green Man's vehicle of expression -- through metaphor and simile
-- is the munificence of earth's verdure...
a three-part excursion into romanitic eroticism in one voluminous offering. - David
Chirko, Reviewer
Stanza
Break Series # 6 - ISBN: 0-9739100-0-3
to
order a copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:
Frances Roberts,
#2 - 190 Wright Ave., Toronto, ON. M6R 1L2
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LADY
OF THE NIGHT
S.C. James
Stephen
James' poems will place you in his secret garden,
where flowers rule and shadows betray the heart of the future.
This collection will steal your heart and your mind.
Stanza
Break Series # 5 - ISBN: 0-9739100-1-1
To
order a copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:
S.C. James,
Elliott House,
200 Old Harwood Ave., Paris, ON. N0L 1G2
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From
The Outside In
Karen
Calaiezzi
Karen's
poems will touch your heart as you relate to each one. The author
has penned a collection of verses which deal with tragedy, depression,
physical and emotional pain and discovery and recovery. Karen's
ordeals in recovering from cancer, surviving a near-fatal car
crash and losing two close immediate members of her family are
dealt with inside this poignant and relevant collection.
Stanza
Break Series # 4 - ISBN 0-9687157-9-6
To
order a copy, send $10 ($8 + @ p&h)
Payable
to:
Karen Calaiezzi,
#17 - 572 Thistlewood Drive, London,
ON. N5X 4N6
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THE
WEB & THE MEDAL
Isabel W. Sturgeon
"Sturgeon's
web of verse is subtly composed of tiny veins of metaphor.
There is great power in her simple imagery woven together to form
a strong web." - B. O'Donnell.
Stanza
Break Series # 3 - ISBN: 0-9687157-8-8
To
order a copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:
Isabel W. Sturgeon,
622 Louis Street, Box 126, Port Elgin, ON. N0H 2C0
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ANNIE'S
WORLD
In Search of My Grandmother's Dreams
Peggy
Fletcher
Peggy has crafted poems which trace her grandmother's life from
young adulthood to her final days. This collection offers the
reader
a taste of life in Canada in the early 1900's.
Stanza Break Series # 2 - ISBN: 0-9687157-6-1
To
order a copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:
Peggy Fletcher,
130 Martin Street, Sarnia, ON. N7T 3N6
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COMFORT
QUILT OF POEMS
Dunlaith O'Heron
"Dunlaith
(Donna) has pieced together her word art of
comforting poems..... constructed from the fabric of her life."
I.B. Iskov, Founder, The Ontario
Poetry Society.
Stanza
Break Series # 1 - ISBN: 0-9687157-5-3
To order a copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable
to:
Donna Hreceniuk,
9924 Kenwood Cres. Windsor, ON. N8R
1H2
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