Each year, in partnership with TransLink and BC Transit, the ABPBC produces a collection of poetry car cards, which feature the work of BC-authored and Canadian-published poets. 2016 celebrated 20 years of the program and partnership.
Enjoy this gallery with all the 2016 Poetry In Transit car cards.
Johnson, Elena. “Weather”, Field Notes for the Alpine Tundra. ©2015. Gaspereau Press Ltd
Zieroth, David. “Tour Guide…”, Albrecht Dürer and me. ©2016. Harbour Publishing
Spenst, Kevin. “Do Not Go Before the Blazing Coronation”, Ignite. ©2016. Anvil Press
Telfer, Susan. “Rain”, Ghost Town. ©2016. Oolichan Books
Leeuw, Sarah de. “Wet’sinkwha”, Skeena. ©2015. Caitlin Press
Warrener, Sheryda. “Pools in Florida (after Ginger Shore, Causeway Inn, Tampa, Florida, November 17, 1977 by Stephen Shore)”, Floating is Everything. ©2015. Nightwood Editions
Elmquist, Laurie. “Beach Baby”, Beach Baby. ©2016. Orca Book Publishers
Wah, Fred. “The Scaffolding”, Scree: The Collected Earlier Poems, 1962 – 1991. ©2015. Talonbooks
Johnson, Michael. “The Church of My Mother’s Hands”, How to Be Eaten by a Lion. ©2016. Nightwood Editions
Friesen, Patrick. “85”, a short history of crazy bone. ©2015. Mother Tongue Publishing
Porter, Pamela. “Woman at the piano”, Defending Darkness. ©2016. Ronsdale Press
Shklanka, Karen. “One by One”, Ceremony of Touching. ©2016. Coteau Books
Gardiner, Elee Kraljii. “Work of Rain”, serpentine loop. ©2016. Anvil Press
Webb, Phyllis. “Sitting”, Peacock Blue: The Collected Poems. ©2014. Talonbooks
Funk, Carla. “Memo to the Young”, Gloryland. ©2016. Turnstone Press
Marlatt, Daphne. “N/A”, Liquidities: Vancouver Poems Then and Now. ©2013. Talonbooks
Zilm, Jennifer. “Spiritual Media”, Waiting Room. ©2016. Book Thug
Paré, Arleen. “On Balance”, He Leaves His Face in the Funeral Car. ©2015. Caitlin Press
Braid, Kate. “Great Moments in Construction: The Plumber”, Rough Ground Revisited. ©2015. Caitlin Press
Pass, John. “The Lights”, Forecast: Selected Early Poems (1970-1990). ©2015. Harbour Publishing