Opening
ISBN 0-9687348-7-1
In Brown University Library's Special Collections (John Hay Library)
Dedications
In loving memory of my elders (grandparents)Douglas A. Smith
February 6, 1916 - May 8, 2004
Hilda I. Smith (nee Krick)
May 8, 1919 - January 21, 2005
Author Biography
April A. Severin is the author of six chapbooks and two websites. Her other publishing credits include work in Gatherings - Volume XII, Hammered Out, Quills, Sky Woman, and Tower Poetry. She has spoken word tracks on two CD's Keepers of the Sacred Fire and Hammered Out Live. Locally April has participated in the Hamilton Poetry Centre, Tower Poetry Society, and Lit Live readings. April has also read at Cambridge's Raven's Calling, Eden Mills Writers' Festival, and Toronto's Art Bar Poetry Reading Series. April has presented her work to schools including Hamilton's Glendale Secondary and Mohawk College, Brantford's Pauline Johnson Collegiate and Vocational, and the University of Toronto. TANSI, Toronto's aboriginal newspaper published a profile on April in an Aboriginal Day issue. Her interviews and poetry have been aired on Toronto's Aboriginal Voices Radio and two university stations CFMU and CIUT. April has won honourable mentions from The Ontario Poetry Society and CAGED (an animal rights group). She is an associate member of the League of Canadian Poets and a Hamilton Public Library volunteer judge for the Power of the Pen competition.
Author Photo copyright © by Michelle Colanardi
Book Blurb
April A. Severin is known for her concise, perceptive poetry. This collection is no exception; these qualities illuminate her exploration of different aspects of "opening" and what it means to be open. April's voice moves us; asks that we pause, observe and reflect upon the world around us. Her journeys range from the personal to experiences of the natural world, culminating with vibrancy and depth in the splendid title poem, Opening.
- Eleanore Kosydar
Opening
Another world opens
ascending
fifteen hundred feet
to Angel's Landing
Zion National ParkAnother world opens
hiking
among Hoodoos
in Bryce Canyon,
top of the Grand StaircaseAnother world opens
in Monument Valley
sitting in Big Hogan
standing by Ear of the Wind
looking through Eye of the SunAnother world opens
walking
through desert sand
eyeing Anasazi ruins
in Canyon De ChellyAnother world opens
descending
three thousand feet
to Plateau Point
Grand Canyon
Through earthly openings
of otherworldly beauty
I open
Copyright April A. Severin and Craigleigh Press
Other poetry titles by April A. Severin:
Testimony ISBN 0-9685817-0-6
Witness ISBN 0-9685817-1-4
Atatawi ISBN 0-9685817-3-0
Animal Appeal ISBN 0-9685817-5-7
Feast ISBN 0-9685817-4-9
