The Green Waves: Poems from Roblin LakeRob Taylor845 Press, 2019 Review by Andrew French Rob Taylor’s The Green Waves (845 Press, 2019) transports readers to Al Purdy’s A-frame cabin on Roblin Lake through an inquisitive uncertainty about that unique...
Former PRISM poetry editor Rob Taylor sat down with Amanda Jernigan to discuss her recently released third poetry collection, Years, Months, and Days (Biblioasis, 2018), a book whose content was inspired by a nearly 200-year-old Mennonite hymnal, Die Gemeinschaftliche Liedersammlung....
Former PRISM poetry editor (2014-15) Rob Taylor sat down with Winnipeg poet and spoken word artist Chimwemwe Undi to discuss her debut chapbook “The Habitual Be,” part of the 2017 New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Box Set (Akashic Books, 2017). Photo...
Former PRISM poetry editor (2014-15) Rob Taylor sat down with recent City of Victoria Butler Book Prize finalist Patricia Young to discuss her nominated poetry collection (and ninth, total) “Short Takes on the Apocalypse“. Chagall’s Lovers – Patricia Young ...
Former PRISM poetry editor (2014-15) Rob Taylor sat down with Chris Banks to discuss his fourth poetry collection “The Cloud Versus Grand Unification Theory“. Panic Room – Chris Banks It is seven in the morning and I can see the...
Compiled and introduced by Rob Taylor Poet and editor Elise Partridge passed away in early 2015, months shy of seeing the publication of her third poetry collection, The Exile’s Gallery (Anansi, 2015), and soon after poems from that book appeared in...
The News
Rob Taylor
Gaspereau Press, 2016
Review by Steven Brown
It’s a brave thing to do, forging a plan to write a poem a week during your wife’s pregnancy when the subject of these poems will be your wife’s pregnancy. The poet can’t guarantee what’s going to happen because anything might happen. Life is fragile. And a bit of a gamble.
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Former PRISM poetry editor (2014-15) Rob Taylor sat down with 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize judge Tim Bowling to discuss his twelfth poetry collection “The Duende of Tetherball“. Coyote – Tim Bowling Shoved its head heraldic through the autumn foliage fifty...
Former PRISM poetry editor (2014-15) Rob Taylor sat down with Dorothy Livesay Prize finalist Miranda Pearson to discuss her fourth poetry collection “The Fire Extinguisher“. Cagliari – Miranda Pearson In Cagliari we walked along alleys through the thick, foreign air....