By: caseythecanadianlesbrarian

Yay, I am late to the party but this is one of my favourite subjects! I’m so happy to see an article on Autostraddle about queer Canadian poetry!

I second all the mentions of Amber Dawn and Leah Horlick! I really love Vivek Shraya too, although I wouldn’t call his work poetry I don’t think. His book She of the Mountains feels more like a combo of myth and fiction to me.

I also think BC poet Emilia Nielsen is great. She writes lovely poems about the heart and the natural world of the west coast.

Shameless self-promotion: I have reviews of lots of these writers on my blog if anyone wants to read further about more about queer Canadian poets:

https://caseythecanadianlesbrarian.wordpress.com/category/poetry/page/3/