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About the Laureate

Donna Anne Allard is a Canadian author based in New Brunswick, Canada. Beginning at a young age, Donna began to explore her rural countryside―first on road trips with her parents, then with her father while he made house calls to patients. He was an M.D. for 60 years and retired at age 89. With her parents, she travelled from Montreal to the USA by car and train, then on her own by van. The landscape, with its roadside truck stops, restaurants, and wanderers, figure prominently in her poetry. She is the author of 7 books of poetry. Donna can be found at https://riverbonespress.wixsite.com/beatpoetlaureate.

 

International Beat Poet Laureate Donna Allard poems have appeared for the past thirty years in literary publications across Canada, as well as a number of other countries around the world. She is the founder and organizer of the Sojourner Literary Festival: Poetry & Music Festival. Her book, 'From Shore to Shoormal,' was published by Brokenjaw Press (Maritime Arts Project, New Brunswick, Canada) in 2013 was succeeded by 'Three Times Around the World' publisher River Bones Press, and 'Cold Fire' selected poetry published by SkyWing Press (Ontario, Canada) 2019. Her love of nature is endless. *National Beat Poetry Laureate Foundation Inc., CT, USA http://nationalbeatpoetryfoundation.org/
 

Donna Allard: “acadianrose”—Acadian-born, New Brunswick-based barefoot pirate poet, and peacemaker. She became inspired by Canada's Peoples' Poet Milton Acorn, and poet-editor Libby Oughton. Her mentor was poet-activist Valerie LaPointe.

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Affiliation:

Canadian Poets Guild, National Beat Poetry Foundation Inc., Culture Canada,  Canadian Cuban Literary Alliance, Writers' Federation NB (WFNB)...more upon request

 

Past President of the Canadian Poetry Association

Published Works:

2019 Dragonfly TBA

2019 SkyWing Press, Cold Fire
2019 River Bones Press, Three Times Around the World
2013 Broken Jaw Press, From Shore to Shoormal, ISBN 978-1-55391-111-1
2006 River Bones Press, Bellwalker: Devolution, ISBN 0973867159, 9780973867152
2006 River Bones Press, Hand Upon the Dunes, ISBN 0973867140
2006 River Bones Press, Minago Streets, ISBN 0973867132

2014 Poem 'dirt road' published in The Long Islander, founded by Walt Whitman in 1838.

Reviews:
Kites Without Strings: A literary journey with Debbie Okun Hill on 'War Musket Grasses'
Canadian Poetry Review by Poet Laureate Candice James 

*Note* Donna Allard's books of poetry are in University libraries:
Canada: UNB, Simon Fraser, Dalhousie, Univ Manitoba, etc.
USA: Harvard, Brown, Princeton and other universities in the USA
UK: University of Cambridge UK.

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