Stanza Break Series
All Stanza Break Series Chapbooks are published for TOPS members by Beret Days Press,
a division of The Ontario Poetry Society.
COMFORT QUILT OF POEMS
by Dunlaith O'Heron
Dunlaith (Donna) has pieced together her word art of comforting poems..... constructed from the fabric of her life.
Stanza Break Series #1 - ISBN: 0-9687157-5-3, 20pp
To order your copy of this enchanting collection, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Donna Hreceniuk,
9924 Kenwood Cres.
Windsor, ON. N8R 1H2
ANNIE'S WORLD
In Search of My Grandmother's Dreams
by Peggy Fletcher
Peggy has crafted poems which trace her grandmother's life from young adulthood to her final days.
This collection offers the reader a taste of life in Canada in the early 1900's.
Stanza Break Series #2 - ISBN: 0-9687157-6-1, 24pp
To order your copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Peggy Fletcher,
130 Martin Street,
Sarnia, ON. N7T 3N6
THE WEB & THE MEDAL
by Isabel W. Sturgeon
Sturgeon's web of verse is subtly composed of tiny veins of metaphor. There is great power in her simple imagery woven together to form a strong web.
Stanza Break Series #3 - ISBN: 0-9687157-8-8, 20pp
To order your copy of this beautiful chapbook (with the author's artwork on every page), send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Isabel W. Sturgeon,
622 Louis Street, Box 126,
Port Elgin, ON. N0H 2C0
From The Outside In
by Karen Calaiezzi
Karen's poems will touch your heart as you relate to each one. This collection deals with tragedy, depression, physical and emotional pain, discovery, and recovery. Karen's ordeals in recovering from cancer, surviving a near-fatal car crash, and losing two close immediate members of her family are poignantly explored.
Stanza Break Series #4 - ISBN: 0-9687157-9-6, 20pp
To order your copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Karen Calaiezzi,
#17 - 572 Thistlewood Drive,
London, ON. N5X 4N6
LADY OF THE NIGHT
by S.C. James
Stephen James' poems will place you in his secret garden, where flowers rule and shadows betray the heart of the future. This collection will steal your heart and your mind.
Stanza Break Series #5 - ISBN: 0-9739100-1-1, 20pp
To order your copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:S.C. James,
Elliott House,
200 Old Harwood Ave.,
Paris, ON. N0L 1G2
THE GREEN MAN
by Frances Roberts
The Green Man's vehicle of expression -- through metaphor and simile -- is the munificence of earth's verdure... a three-part excursion into romantic eroticism in one voluminous offering.
Stanza Break Series #6 - ISBN: 0-9739100-0-3, 20pp
To order a copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Frances Roberts,
#2 - 190 Wright Ave.,
Toronto, ON. M6R 1L2
Jasmine Star Light
by Anna Yin
Treasure the poems of The Ontario Poetry Society's Ted Plantos Memorial Award Winner for 2005. Anna Yin's poems are both delicate and dramatic, taking you on an exotic journey and gently returning you to your own backyard.
Stanza Break Series #7 - ISBN: 0-9739100-2-X, 20pp
To order your copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Anna Yin,
3820 Lacman Trail,
Mississauga, ON. L5M 6A8
Rebels With A Cause
Poetry by: Katerina Fretwell, I.B. Iskov, Shirley A. McCormick, Tracy Lynn Repchuck
Four dynamic women present their poems on themes of rebellion, courage, and the outrageous.
Stanza Break Series #8 - ISBN: 0-9739100-3-8, 24pp
To order your copy, send your cheque for $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Katerina Fretwell
R.R. #2
Parry Sound, Ont. P2A 2W8
Magical Manitoulin
by Norma West Linder
Enchanting poems about Manitoulin Island, both past and present, drawing on the 1930s and the author's childhood in Mindemoya.
Stanza Break Series #9 - ISBN: 0-9739100-7-0
To order your copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Norma West Linder,
1223 Willa Drive,
Sarnia, ON. N7S 1T8
The Soft Furnace
by Chad Norman
Chad's intimate poems on sex and sexuality will leave you breathless. This "Adults Only Please" collection is a must-read for the night stand.
Stanza Break Series #10 - ISBN: 0-9739100-8-9
To order your copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Chad Norman,
#12 - 37 Braemar Court,
Truro, NS. B2N 1V2
Anatomically Correct
by Sara Luterman
These poems about life and relationships capture a young girl's struggle to survive in a confusing world. Sara is a fresh new voice which looks at issues in new ways.
Stanza Break Series #11 - ISBN: 978-0-9781416-0-8
To order your copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Sara Luterman
35 Hemlock Hill Rd.
Orchard Park, N.Y. 14127 U.S.A.
Songs of Love and Misgivings
by Dina Ripsman Eylon
Dina takes the reader on a disappointing journey of looking for love and finding cruelty on "unworldly roads". Some lines have a genuine musical feeling and many of these poems have a kind of radiance, despite their sadness.
Stanza Break Series #12 - ISBN: 978-0-9781416-1-5
To order your copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Dina Eylon
246-1054 Centre St.
Thornhill, ON. L4J 8E5
earth stories
by Peter Tasker
The wind, the water, the words and creatures weave their magic throughout Peter's poetry to illuminate the myth and wonder of our world.
Stanza Break Series #13 - ISBN: 978-0-9781416-5-3
To order your copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Peter Tasker
86 Isthmus Bay Rd.,
Lion's Head, Ont. N0H 1W0
Turning Points
by Ruth Bernard
In the strongest poetic voice....A powerful chapbook with a far reaching message about humankind.
Stanza Break Series #14 - ISBN: 978-0-9781416-8-4
To order your copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Ruth Bernard,
#501 - 70 Montclair Ave.,
Toronto, Ont. M5P 1P7
Executive Sweet
by TOPS Executives
Michael Persaud - Debbie Okun HillKate Marshall Flaherty - Bunny Iskov
Chris Sorrenti - Mark Clement
Enjoy all the sweet things: friends, family, sugar, spring, candies and soil in this delightful, provocative and down to earth mini anthology.
Stanza Break Series #15 - ISBN: 978-0-9783371-2-4
To order your copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:The Ontario Poetry Society
31 Marisa Court,
Thornhill, Ont. L4J 6H9
Remembering Albert
by Heidy Schumacher
Heidy shares many poignant moments with the reader. These poems, while avoiding sentimentality, are rich with sentiment.
Stanza Break Series #16 - ISBN: 978-0-9783371-3-1
To order your copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Heidy Schumacher
3244 Virginia Park,
Windsor, Ont. N9E 2C3
Workshop Sketches
by Joanna Gale
Joanna's poetry reflects new and often clever perspectives on fresh material. She has investigated new forms and structures and has successfully married her content.
Stanza Break Series #17 - ISBN: 978-0-9783371-4-8
To order your copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Gail Dickie,
15 Bralorne Cres.,
Toronto, Ont. M6S 4R1
Days of Draper Township School S.S. #1
by Norma West Linder
These poems spin a delightful autobiographical account drawn out of a pristine past; each of these moving poems filled with something lost, yet still ruminating wistfully like warming embers left to linger in the author's present.
Stanza Break Series #18 - ISBN: 978-0-9783371-7-9
To order your copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Norma West Linder,
1223 Willa Drive,
Sarnia, Ont., N7S 1T8
Rhyme & Reason Unite
by J. Graham Ducker, J.C. Hershberg, Lou Ponstingl
Three of T.O.P.S.' most distinguished members have come together to eloquently exhibit their well-crafted and delightful rhyming poems.
Stanza Break Series #19 - ISBN: 978-0-9783371-8-6
To order your copy from any of these authors, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:J. Graham Ducker, #204 - 95 Taunton Rd. East, Oshawa, Ont. L1G 3T6
J.C. Hershberg, #807 - 15 London Green Ct., Toronto, Ont. M3N 1K4
Lou Ponstingl, 1556-R.R. #1, Box 112, Cherry Valley, Ont. K0K 1P0
From The Reserves
by Peggy Fletcher
Stanza Break Series #20 - ISBN: 978-0-9783371-9-3
To order your copy, send $10 ($8 + $2 p&h)
Payable to:Peggy Fletcher,
130 Martin St.,
Sarnia, Ont.
N7T 3N6