2009 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

The Fly in Autumn

David Zieroth

“The Fly in Autumn” is a nuanced work that constantly shifts between the inane and the macabre, between black humour and self-mockery. There is an absurdist, Kafkaesque twist to this collection in which the landscapes are sometimes recognizably our own but…

Be Calm, Honey

David W. McFadden

Expressway

Sina Queyras

Little Hunger

Philip Kevin Paul

This Way Out

Carmine Starnino