DAVID STONES
poet. word performance.
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Essays of Light
about David
David Stones is a multi-award winning, multi-Pushcart Prize nominated poet and performer with some 500 poems in print throughout Canada and internationally. Celebrated for the transcendent imagery and powerful performance of his work, David is in demand for his one-man show, Infinite Sequels (“brilliant and beautiful theatre”- London Free Press), and for Feature Poet appearances throughout Ontario. Stage shows featuring David’s poetry and songs based on his work, include Expressions of Love and WordSong. Sfumato, David’s second poetry collection, was a Canadian bestseller, as is his just released, Essays of Light.”
David is a proud member of the League of Canadian Poets, The Ontario Poetry Society, New Generation Beat Poets Scene Canada, and Poetry Stratford……Comprehensive literary CV available on request.
...poetry & me
The poet is the priest of the invisible. Wallace Stevens
Genuine poetry communicates before it is understood. T.S.Eliot
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen
Writing poetry is a state of free float. Margaret Atwood
Poetry is a language in which man explores his own amazement. Christopher Fry
Poetry in motion. Pure poetry. Truly poetic. Throughout the ages poetry has been the universal metaphor for beauty and grace. Rhythmic distillation. Compression of thought. Poetry burnishes words. It polishes, hones and delights. It stirs, disturbs and clings. And I’ve loved it since I could first think. I’ve written poetry most of my life. Breathed it my whole life. I discovered Souster at age eight. The rest followed: Auden, Cohen, Plath, Thomas, Layton. The list is long. I’m writing hard now. And performing, too. I take that as seriously as the composition. When I speak my poems the listener hears what I want heard. This site’s a bit of a homage to my craft. Hope you visit often and maybe get to one of my gigs or shows.
