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Publications & Poetry

TOWER Poetry

Our poetry book is published twice yearly, summer and winter.

Single Copies (prices include postage):
$8.00 – North America
$9.00 – Abroad
$5.00 – Back Issues

To purchase single copies, please fill in the Single Issue(s) Order Form and mail it, along with a cheque or money-order payable in Canadian funds to the following address:
Tower Poetry Society
27 Legend Court
P.O. Box 10148
Ancaster, Ontario
Canada L9K 1P3

To purchase a subscription, click here

NB: Any member that would like ONE anthology to give to a friend or donate to a library should contact info@towerpoetry.ca to procure your copy for marketing purposes.
Summer 2025, Volume 74, No. 1

Editor-in-Chief: Frances Figge

Cover (front & back) Design: 

Headline, First AI Symphony Written

Bernadette Rule

The Grotto

Ed Woods, Ontario, Canada

A 2025 Poem

Richard LeDue

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Winter 2024, Volume 73, No. 2

Editor-in-Chief: Frances Figge

Cover (front & back) Design: Nicola Schneider

This issue was the first to be published by Editor-in-Chief, Frances Figge. She has done a marvelous job filling the shoes of long time Editor, G. W. Down. We are grateful for the dedication that G. W. Down has shown to Tower Poetry over the years and for his willingness to help the Executive whenever we have questions. This issue has a glossy, colour front and back cover. Thank you to all who contributed.

WORDS OVERWHELMED, Gertrude Olga Down

Gertrude Olga Down, Hamilton, Canada

SUCH IS BREVITY, Jennifer Tan

Jennifer Tan, Ontario, Canada

ANTISOCIAL MEDIA MOMS, Jacquie Walters

Jacquie Walters, California, USA

 

PAST ISSUES are still available…

Summer 2024, Volume 73, No. 1

 

ALLURE OF HEALING

by Jennifer Lynn Dunlop — Ontario, Canada

IN ANOTHER’S YARD

by Michelle Hartman — Texas, USA

MEANING’S HOPE

by J. J. Steinfeld — Prince Edward Island, Canada

Winter, 2023 – 2024

 

THE VIBRANT ZINNIAS

by Barbara Arenburg – Ontario, Canada

TREASURE TROVE

by Stella Mazur Preda — Ontario, Canada

VIOLENT WINDS HIT THE LAKE HARD

by Dinh Le Doan — Quebec, Canada

 

Summer, 2023

A CONVERSATION OF ELATION
by Jennifer Lynn Dunlop
Ontario, Canada

CHOICES MAKE THEIR MARK
by Jennifer Tan
Ontario, Canada

EVOLUTION
by Soumya Shashikumar
Ontario, Canada

Volume 71 #2

LIKE SNOW
by Florence Sage
Oregon, USA

LUCIUS RICHARD O’BRIEN: THE CANADIAN ROCKIES, 1882
by Tony Cosier
Ontario, Canada

THE SENTINEL
by Stella Mazur Preda
Ontario, Canada

Volume 71 #1

BOUNDLESS SURFACE
by Susan A. J. Davis
Ontario, Canada

HOMELESS IN LISBON
by Barbara D. Janusz
Alberta, Canada

HALF LIGHT
by Gregory Myers
Ontario, Canada

Volume 70 #2

 

CATHEDRAL
by Jennifer Lynn Dunlop
Ontario, Canada

LARGE SNOWFLAKES BURST OUT
by Dinh Le Doan
Quebec, Canada

THE GIFT
by Kathy Robertson
Ontario, Canada

 

Volume 70 #1

Volume 70 #1

DOCKSIDE
by Roy J. Adams
Ontario, Canada

HOT HOT HEAT
by Nicola Schneider
Ontario, Canada

MIGRATION
by Michael Stacey
Ontario, Canada

 


Poetry and art copyright © the author and the artist, respectively.

TPS 60th Anniversary Anthology $12.00

TPS 60th Anniversery Anthology

TPS 60th Anniversary Anthology

 

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TPS MEMBER PUBLICATIONS

Several members of TPS have authored poetry books. All books are available directly from the authors.

To order, please send a cheque (in Canadian funds) to the respective author(s) for the amount indicated. [Note: All prices shown include postage]

Be sure to specify which title(s) you wish to purchase!

ADAMS, Roy J.
50 Whitton Rd.
Hamilton, ON L8S 4C7
adamsr@mcmaster.ca
Bebop from Beau’s Caboose (Beret Days Press) — $10.00
Critical Mass (Silver Bow Publishing) — $20.00

CONNOLLY, Gaiyle J.
135 James St. S, Suite 1214
Hamilton, ON L8P 2Z6
noreyko4@gmail.com
Lifelines (Serengeti Press) — $15.00

DOAN, Dinh Le
dledoan67@gmail.com
rolling through time (Wet Ink Books) — $25

DOUGHER, Helen (deceased)
Att’n: Circulation Manager
Tower Poetry Society
27 Legend Court
P.O. Box 10148
Ancaster, Ontario  L9K 1P3
info@towerpoetry.ca
Selected Poems: The Light Between, 1977-1999 (Mini Mocho Press) — $7.50

DOWN, G.W.
146 Rothsay Ave.
Hamilton, ON  L8M 3G4
info@thebookband.com
Sonnets for Sahara Nights (Potlatch Publications) — $15.00

FRANCIS, Vincent (deceased)
Att’n: Circulation Manager
Tower Poetry Society
27 Legend Court
P.O. Box 10148
Ancaster, Ontario  L9K 1P3
info@towerpoetry.ca
This World (Tower Poetry Society Press) — $8.50

ISKOV, I. B.
#710 – 65 Spring Garden Ave.,
Toronto, Ont. M2N 6H9
ibunny@rogers.com
True Confessions, (SkyWing Press) — $15

One Place The Light Remains, Mosaic Press, Dec. 2024,

KOSYDAR, Eleanore
76 Maple Ave.
Dundas ON L9H 4W4
tiercpress@cogeco.ca
Moon Spirit: Love Poems of a Mated Woman (Tierceron Press) – $5.00

LAWSON, Joanna (deceased)
Apt. 315, 150 Wilson St. W.
Ancaster, ON  L9G 4E7
jlawson12@cogeco.ca
Journey with Grief  (re-issued and expanded, Serengeti Press) — $16.00
Mostly Celebrations  (Treehouse Press) — $6.00
Inner Voices  (Serengeti Press) — $19.95
Anywhere Is Home  (Serengeti Press) — $19.95
A Bundle of Life  (Serengeti Press) — $20.00
Perspectives  (Serengeti Press) — $20.00
My Canada (Serengeti Press) – $20.00

PREDA, Stella Mazur
610 – 75 John St. West
Waterdown, ON  L8B 1B8
www.beyondthestonegarden.ca
literaryconnexions@cogeco.ca
The Fourth Dimension (Serengeti Press) —$12.00
Butterfly Dreams (Serengeti Press) —$5.00
Witness, anthology of poetry (Serengeti Press) —$10.00

VALICEK, Val (deceased)
Att’n: Circulation Manager
Tower Poetry Society
27 Legend Court
P.O. Box 10148
Ancaster, Ontario  L9K 1P3
info@towerpoetry.ca
Drifting Clouds (Tower Poetry Society Press) — $10.00

WILKER, Carolyn R.
96 Briar Knoll Dr.
Kitchener, ON N2E 1Y2
cari.edit@rogers.com
Travelling Light (Carolyn Wilker) — $10.00

WILKINSON, Marjorie (deceased)
Att’n: Circulation Manager
Tower Poetry Society
27 Legend Court
P.O. Box 10148
Ancaster, Ontario  L9K 1P3
info@towerpoetry.ca
Christ in the Concrete Canyon (Tower Poetry Society Press) — $4.95

WOODS, Ed
#211 – 25 Lynden Ave.
Dundas, Ontario  L9H 6R3
edwoods26@hotmail.com
Word Crafter Haiku: A Canadian Poet (Frozen Foot Publishers) — $7.00
Word Crafter Haiku Two (Frozen Foot Publishers) — $7.00
Word Crafter Poems: A Canadian Poet (Frozen Foot Publishers) — $7.00
Word Crafter Poems Two (Frozen Foot Publishers) — $7.00
Word Crafter Poems Three (Frozen Foot Publishers) – $7.00
Word Crafter Poems Four (Frozen Foot Publishers) – $7.00
Word Crafter Poems Five (Frozen Foot Publishers) – $7.00