DAVID STONES
poet. word performance.
Books & Gigs
David's New Bestseller
Essays of Light
Critical acclaim of David’s work includes: “With poems hailed for their resolute imagery, beauty of language and ready accessibility, David is a celebrated performer of his work.”
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Sfumato: Amazon Bestseller
Sfumato
“A dead mouse reclining in a slipper; a cigarette smouldering on a motel bedside table; a woman seeing her life reflected in a deserted bird feeder. In Stones’ poetic universe the images pile starkly into the complex tissue of mortal experience, an abstruse sfumato-like weave of the human soul. By turns playful, darkly meditative and beautifully transcendent Stones ventilates a world keenly observed, acutely realized and memorably articulated.”
Infinite Sequels: Brilliant and Beautiful
Infinite Sequels
To every action there is an immediate and intrinsically related reaction, a linked chain of repercussions that domino within this extraordinary corral we call existence.
The path taken, the call unanswered, the leaf that refuses to fall- employing a range of poetic forms and undulations of mood and tempo, Infinite Sequels explores the spectrum of human possibility.
From love to anguish, from reprisal to forgiveness, from joy to sorrow, David Stones casts a discerning eye, a keen wit and a singular poetic voice to the remarkable arc that is life’s journey.
What readers and audiences say:
“…(Infinite Sequels) is a brilliant and beautiful piece of theatre…. a must see.”
London Free Press
“..totally spellbinding….a riveting poet and a mesmerizing performer.”
Linda Kahn
“….a virtuoso performance….a moving and memorable experience.”
Theatre London
“….EXCEPTIONAL art at its finest….. powerful and beautiful poetry.”
Eeva Stierwalt
“….dizzying and phenomenal work…brilliantly written and performed….immersive, visceral, genuine…”
Alan Leangvan
Gigs
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For up-to-date information on David’s upcoming performances, see his Facebook or Instagram pages.
2024
November 28, Urban Folk Art Salon
An evening of Music, Poetry and Art.
November 26, Revival House, Stratford and November 19, Toronto Arts and Letters Club, Toronto
Book Launch Events for Essays of Light
November 6, Mykonos Restaurant, Toronto
Black Mallard Poetry Series
June 8, Stratford Perth Museum
A Summertime Poetry Soiree. Part of a great line-up of poets at this Ontario Poetry Society Soirée event.
2023
October 24, Stratford
Music and Opera Appreciation Event. A contemporary response to Carl Orff’s 1930s cantata masterpiece, Carmina Burana, based on 24 medieval poetry cycles. With Kelly Walker.
June 12, Free Times Cafe, Toronto
Art Bar Poetry Series
April 16, Hockley Valley
Expressions of Love: The Pianist, The Poet, The Songbird. With Kelly Walker and Rachelle Shubert.
2022
November 13, Revival House, Stratford
Wordsong: 3 Poets Set to Music. With George Elliot Clarke and Heidi Sander.
June 20, Revival House, Stratford
Expressions of Love. With Kelly Walker and Brianne Dietrich.
April 23, Siloam United Church, London
Expressions of Love. With Kelly Walker and Brianne Dietrich.
2021
I was on Zoom at the Art Bar Poetry Series on Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 at 8 pm @ Facebook/Groups/Art Bar Poetry Series. April 6th is the BIG LAUNCH day for my new collection, sfumato, so be sure to join in for lots of new poems and material….
Sunday, April 11, 2021 Red Lion Reading Series feat. David Stones. Stratford’s newest, live poetry and music series kicks off on Sunday evening, April 11th! Come and experience David Stones launching his brand new book of poems, sfumato! Already on a national bestseller list for poetry! 7:30 – 9:30pm. 23 Albert St., Stratford.
Publishing
For up-to-date information on David’s publishing, see his Facebook or Instagram pages.
2021
Won two Honourable Mentions for “the thing is” and SAMUEL PEPYS AND THE BEE GEES …both published February, 2021 in Beret Day Books’ “The Pandemic Poems” anthology.
NAILS and FRANK were published by Beliveau Books in their “Denoument” anthology, February 2021.
2020
Won First Prize and Runner Up prize in Ontario Poetry Society’s Might Onym contest. THE FALSE GOD and THE PRONUNCIATION OF LOVE just published by Beret Day Books.
2019
Hidden Book Press published 20 of my haiku in a 2019 online series short pandemic related poetry
Three poems will appear in Dancing On Stones, an anthology of Canadian poetry appearing summer 2019 from Beret Day Books: SILENCE ISN’T SILENCE, THE TIME WILL COME and EMILY DICKINSON
New poems NAILS, THE WEIGHTS and OUR SHAPES ETERNAL, all appearing in the poetry and arts e-zine Synaeresis 5 .
Two new poems, THE PILGRIMS (for Leonard Cohen) and CUT GLASS: Small Villanelle For Dylan (for Dylan Thomas) to be published in the summer edition of Big Pond Rumours e-zine.
Harmonia Press published two new poems in Synaeresis 7: SEARCHLIGHT WORDS (for e e cummings) and INCIDENTAL BEAUTY
First Honourable Mention + two Runner-up prizes in the Ontario Poetry Society’s Arborealis prize for Canadian contemporary poetry. Watch for THE CIGARETTE, AT SOME POINT and THE CAN OPENER in Arborealis by spring 2019. www.theontariopoetrysociety.ca
2018
Named winner of Brooklin Poetry Society’s 2018 poetry contest for LANDSCAPES, and now will judge their 2019 contest. www.BrooklinPoetrySociety.com
Won two honourable mentions in Ontario Poetry Society’s Open Heart 13 contest. YOU AS LACUNA and POEM NUMBER FIVE just published by Beret Day Books. www.theontariopoetrysociety.ca
2016
David Stones, three poems and a conversation. Featuring “You as Lacuna”. LINK
