Publications
Posted by Daniela Elza on Mar 04 2007
POETRY
(+ a few other experiments here and there)
2012
- the weight of dew
full length poetry book forthcoming from Mother Tongue Publishing (March, 2012).
- seven years later

The Wild Weathers: A Gathering of Love Poems (Leaf Press, 2012).
- the weight of dew
(poem)
forthcoming in the Pacific Poetry Project: An Anthology of Three Cities (Ooligan Press, Fall 2012).
- in earth dreams
found poem
forthcoming in Enpipeline Anthology, Creek Press, 2012.
2011
- negotiating with the dead
SubTerrain, Vancouver, 125 issue, Fall/Winter2011.
published in qarrtsiluni, The Worship Issue, November, 2011.
- the thin model (or separation copuscle)
(written in collaboration with Arlene Ang)
BluePrintPrintReview, issue 28 (the challenge issue), Summer, 2011.
- the book of it
(iCrow Publications, April, 2011).
(the book of it is available now for the Kindle device, as well as for the free Kindle app for Mac, PC, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Android, Blackberry, and Window Phone7.
THE BOOK OF IT (eBook)
116 pages, $2.99
Published April, 2011
ISBN 978-0-9869441-0-9
THE BOOK OF IT (print)
116 pages, $11.99
THE BOOK OF IT (PDF file download)
116 pages, $2.99
ISBN 978-0-9869441-1-6
Coming soon to the iBookstore.
- temenos
- memory revises us
- what alley found in poem
(written in collaboration with Robin Susanto)
(written in collaboration with Arlene Ang)
(written in collaboration with Christi Kramer)
BluePrintPrintReview issue 27 (Synergetic Transformations: Collaborative issue), Spring 2011.
- It’s like telling people you have rats and forgetting to qualify them as pets: A Poets Journey
(essay)
LEARNing Landscapes, the Inquiry Issue, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Spring 2011).
- there is no like like this
a poem written between myself and Arlene Ang, Other Voices: Journal of the Visual and Literary Arts , Vol. 23, No. 2, (Spring, 2011).
- asphalt spring
- EFL Lesson
now in Close to Quitting Time: An anthology depicting the various facets of work (Ascent Aspirations Publishing, Spring, 2011)
- and walking is thinking
(a series of ten poems)
forthcoming in The Art of Poetic Inquiry book. Editors: Suzanne Thomas, Ardra Cole, Sheila Stewart (Backalong Books, Oct. 2011).
- the shape of questions
(an 18 page piece of poems and meditations on being with and learning from children and childhood)
forthcoming in the anthology: A Heart of Wisdom: Life Writing as Empathetic Inquiry. Co-edited by Carl Leggo, Erika Hasebe-Ludt, Anita Sinner, & Cynthia Chambers (Fall, 2011).
- poppies are not (Enough
- Mutanabbi Street: foot notes after the fire
forthcoming in Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Anthology (P. M. Press, March, 2012)
2010
- you came along
Quills Canadian Poetry Magazine, Vol.VII, 2010.
- in earth dreams (videopoem)
screened November 20th, 2010 at See The Voice: VISIBLE VERSE 10th Anniversary Celebration & Festival. Here is the line up for Nov. 20th. Here is the line up for both days November 19th and 20th.
collaborated poem written between Daniela Elza and Al Rempel Pedestal Magazine, issue 59, August 2010.
of non.verifiable truths and other existent.ial celebrations (seven poems)
- of non-verifiable truths 1
- of non-verifiable truths 2
- margins: mind the gap
- the wor(l)d as we (tell it
- where the mind sheds its proud skin
- art is
- p.art: definition
in the SFU Educational Review, Volume 4 (2010), pp 26-36.
- inhabitions
- the difficulty of such beginnings
- tabula e rasa
reprinted in WordWorks, Summer issue, 2010.
- the shape of questions (son)
reprinted in Simon Fraser GradNews, June 2010. (page 3). Thanks, Karen.
- C.heck Mate
- O.pening the Parent.hesis
2 true.fiction micro.stories, OCW Magazine, Relaunch Issue, 5.1/#17 (July, 2010).
(five poems from my unpublished manuscript)
The Crowd issue of qarrtsiluni (Aug./Sept, 2010).
- Andy Warhol (Vancouver Art Gallery, 2004) (June 21, 2010)
- god is a poet (Aug.8, 2010)
published in the New Classics issue of qarrtsiluni (2010).
- traveling: across through down in(words
(11 poems)
the Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy (Summer, 2010).
poem written in collaboration with Arlene Ang, Poemeleon, May, 2010.
poem written in collaboration with Harold Rhenisch, Poemeleon, May, 2010.
One Ghana One Voice March 12, 2010.
microstory, BluePrintReview, issue #24, May, 2010.
- listening to the CBC on the way to Jasper
- on the death of a person whom it is desired to honour
- echoes in clay
- of jewels
- alternate grammars
- serving time (in the burbs
- essay on poetics
The New Orphic Review, in the Featured Poet section Vol. 13, No. 1 (Spring, 2010).
With thanks to the staff of the Mountain View City Cemetery for featuring this poem on their website.
- shifting (of obligations with audio
- in the eye (of contemplation with audio
educational insights: Academic Pathologies issue, Vol. 13, Number 4 (January, 2010).
(note: shifting (of obligations was initially published in CV2 in 2007. and in the eye (of contemplation was originally published in Poetic Inquiry: Vibrant Voices in the Social Sciences.)
2009
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the following six poems are all featured on ditch, poetry that maters:
- putting words in the mouth of a picture (first published in 4poets (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2009)
- symmetry (first published by dANDelion, 2007)
- true or false (a triptych (first published in Rocksalt Anthology (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2008)
- negotiating with the dead (first published in Matrix, issue 84, 2009)
- tabula e rasa (won Honorable Mention in 17th SiWC Poetry Contest, 2009)
- blood_alley://interstital_syn.tax (first published in qarrtsiluni, Feb. 2009)
Thanks to the editors of ditch for featuring these poems on their website.
- tabula e rasa
won Honorable Mention in the 17th SIWC Poetry Contest, published in their annual anthology (2009).
BluePrintReview issue #22
re /visit /cycle /turn (Oct. 2009).
- negotiating with the dead
matrix issue 84: The New Vancouver (Fall, 2009)
- in the flicker of (time
- on the way to Sophia
- breathing maps
- interpreting the winds
- on the small back of breath
- putting words in the mouth of a picture
- inhabitions
- in a tumble of feathers
- poetics, interview, photo, bio, scores of three previous versions of last poem, and its translation into Bulgarian

MTP BC Poets Series #1, 4 Poets: Daniela Elza, Peter Morin, Al Rempel, Onjana Yawnghwe (Mother Tongue Publishing) August, 2009.
Press 1, Vol. 3, No.1, May-August 2009 issue.
- di(versify: further testimony for that which cannot be (acertained
(12 poems), Chapter in the book:
Poetic Inquiry: Vibrant Voices in the Social Sciences, with Sense Publishers (Fall, 2009).
re-published in Fields of Green: Restorying Culture, Environment, and Education, Hampton Press (Spring, 2009). This poem was originally published in Paideusis.
- grey on grey
- a walk down apostrophe lane
A Verse Map of Vancouver Anthology. (Anvil Press April, 2009).
- Milk Tooth Bane Bone
- the shape of questions
Vallum 6:2 (July, 2009)
collaborative poem with Harold Rhenisch, Mutating the Signature issue at qarrtsiluni online literary magazine, posted Feb. 5, 2009.
collaborative poem with Rob Taylor, Mutating the Signature issue at qarrtsiluni online literary magazine, posted March 22, 2009.
collaborative poem with Chrisitna Shah, Mutating the Signature issue at qarrtsiluni online literary magazine, posted April 10, 2009.
collaborative poem with Dethe Elza, Mutating the Signature issue at qarrtsiluni online literary magazine, posted Feb. 26, 2009.
One Ghana One Voice Feb. 2009.
a collaboration published by Leaf Press, home of Monday’s poem, Jan. 12, 2009.
2008
- the difficulty of such beginnings
won second place in Byron’s Quill Award for Poetry, 2007, published in Quills Canadian Magazine, Vol. V, 2008.
won first place in Pandora’s Collective Poetry Contest, Oct. 2008.
longlisted in CV2’s Annual 2 Day Poem Contest, 2008.
- Nelson
Vancouver Review, issue 19, Fall 2008.
- true or false (a triptych
- poetics statement
Rocksalt: An Anthology of Contemporary B.C. Poetry, (Mother Tongue Publishing Limited, 2008)
- In the eye of the Crow (five crow poems)
Journal of Environmental Philosophy Special issue: Species of Thought: In the approach of a more-than-human world (Vol. V, issue II: Fall, 2008).
- a sentence (for life
- the light of silence
Van Gogh’s Ear, Vol. 6, 2008.
- if Bachelard were in verse II
- walking back(words (looking for.words)
- Old Hill
- if Bachelard were in verse I
Educational Insights: on-line journal of the Center for Cross Faculty Inquiry in Education (in their Word—an Issue of Language, Volume 12, Number 1, 2008.
2007
- seven years later
won 3rd place in Byron’s Quill Award for Poetry (Quills Canadian Poetry Magazine, Fall 2007, vol. 4)
- shifting (of obligations
- in prisms (of facts
Contemporary Verse 2 (Fall, 2007).
- inhabitions
won first place in the Manitoba Writer’s Guild friend’s contest (July, 2007).
- Toward a Pedagogy of the Imagination (six poems)
published as part of a paper So Much Truth, So Much Being: Poetic Provocations to Philosophical Musings in Paideusis Vol. 16, No. 2 (2007).
- symmetry
- diwali (festival of light
- public display of disaffection
- beware of dog
dANDelion 33:1 (June 2007).
- an introduction to semantic collapse
- emergent river of meaning
- a meta eulogy
Contemporary Verse 2 vol. 29 issue 3 (winter, 2007).
The Arabesque Review (both online and in print), Feb. 2007.
2nd place in Pandora’s Collective contest, Feb. 2007.
3rd place in Pandora’s Collective contest, Feb.2007.
2006
- To Carry Across: Metaphor Invents Us
(seven poems)
Paideusis vol.15:2 (Nov. 2006).
- from Metaphor Invents Us (six poems)
The Capilano Review, issue 2:49.
- shifting point
won 1st place in Can we exist without Es? contest, Existere, Nov. 2006.
- the thirteenth child
Honorable Mention in SIWC poetry contest, 2006.
1st place in Pandora’s Collective contest, Summer 2006. (later published on Poets Against War)
2nd place in Pandora’s Collective contest, Summer 2006. (later published on Poets Against War)
1st place in Pandora’s Collective contest, Spring 2006.
2nd place in Pandora’s Collective poetry contest, Spring 2006.
- hyacinth blue
published in Room of One’s Own issue 29:3 (Fall, 2006).
before 2005
- suddenly leaves
Quills Canadian Poetry Magazine, Winter 2005 issue.
- Writing Group
Quills Canadian Poetry Magazine, Summer 2005 issue.
- a quiet in the bones
presented as part of a community theatre play Take a Breath (Roundhouse Community Center, Nov., 2004),
- the scent of nettles
won second place in the SIWC poetry contest, 2002.
- To the Muse
Essex Chronicle Newsletter, England. Feb. 1993.
- Misunderstood
- The Father of Death
Password: The Magazine of the English Department, Sofia University, No. 1, April 1992.
INTERVIEWS
- A guest blog post on writing as a couple (between myself and my collaborator in life, Dethe) up on Lofty Ambitions Blog.
- The Habitual Poet Contributor Interview, Poemeleon: The Blog, December 11th, 2010.
- Interview with Poetic Edits, Kevin Spenst asks four questions around the process of revisions, September 25th, 2010.
- Interview with OGOV (with old dust made new poem), 2010.
- Interview with The Cascade weekly student newspaper at University College of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, Oct. 2009.
- Interview with The Peak, The Independent Student newspaper of Simon Fraser University.
- Interview with OGOV (with Savannah Rain, West Africa poem), 2009.
ARTICLES
- Re-searching and re-storying the complex and complicated relationship of biophilia and bibliophilia
written in collaboration with Heesoon Bai, Peter Kovacs, Serenna Romanycia, published in
Environmental Education Research, 16:3, 351 — 365 (August, 2010)
written in collaboration with Hartley Banack published in educational insights in their Academic Pathologies issue, Vol. 13, Number 4, (January, 2010).
BOOK REVIEWS
- Meaning Making: Learning through Logovisual Thinking. by Best, B., Blake, A., & Varney, J. (2005) published in Teaching Education Volume 17, Number 4 (December 2006).
- Go Leaving Strange by Patrick Lane published in Quills, Autumn 2004.
- Speaking Effectively: Strategies for Academic Interaction by Janet Kayfetz and Michaele Smith. published in The Ohio TESOL Newsletter, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Spring 1994.
- Heinemann Elementary English Grammar by Digby Beaumont published in Practical English Teaching (vol. 14, no. 1), September 1993.
- Writing 3 by Andrew Littlejohn published in Practical English Teaching (vol. 14, no.2), December, 1993.






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