Mute Swan

Mute Swan explores the landscape of the voiceless, making space for those who have been silenced, discounted, or struggle to be heard. The poet offers a story of spiritual awakening and “unmuting.” Mute Swan is a love letter inviting us home.

“A remarkable debut…”
David Kent, Publisher, The St. Thomas Poetry Series

“A brave, original, memorable collection.”
Malcolm Guite, Poet, Singer-Songwriter, Priest, and Academic

“…fiercely present…committed to justice-making as well as to the mysteries of being…”
Susan McCaslin, Poet, Writer, and Educator

“…meticulous brilliance…vivid, highly evocative…crisp, and quietly intense…”
Diane Tucker, Poet, Editor, Fiction Writer, and Playwright

“…the cheeky air of a rhetorical argument…breathtaking…clever…cunning…simultaneously nurturing and wild…”
Cole Klassen, Genderfluid Musician, Poet, and Teacher

“…earthy, raw…rich birthing imagery…poems where everything belongs.”
Christine Valters Paintner, Benedictine Oblate, Poet, and Spiritual Director

“…a story beckoning me to a supper table where even the most rejected, fearsome and lonely parts can know home.”
Gareth Higgins, Author, Storyteller, and Peacemaker

“…delightfully feminist in its embodied all-inclusive natural imagery…”
Katerina Vaughan Fretwell, Poet, Artist, Journalist, and Reviewer

“Moving fluently between languages of nature, silence, and faith…”
Jordan Hartt, Poet, Reader, Teacher, Community and Events Organizer

Toronto and Kelowna Launches

Toronto, April 22, 2023: an in-person event livestreamed and viewable HERE. With readings by St. Thomas Poetry Series poets, Lesley-Anne Evans, Bruce Meyer, and Bruce Hunter, in the St. Thomas Anglican Church, Toronto. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the League of Canadian Poets.

Kelowna, December 11, 2021: at home in Lesley-Anne’s living room at Feeny Wood, B.C., this event was attended by a small group of family and friends. It was livestreamed and is viewable HERE.

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