New Classic Poems – Contemporary Verse That Rhymes

New Classic Poems
Poets’ Biographies
Poets’ Biographies
David Anderson lives in Prince Edward Island,
Canada's smallest province. He writes poetry and
short stories, and he has almost finished a novel.
He informs us that Plague is one of a few
classical poems that he has attempted. However,
they are very satisfying to write, he says; and he
hopes to compose more. Anderson placed
second in the 2000 Atlantic Poetry Contest, and
he was a finalist in the national CBC radio-play
contest for Vancouver in 2001. Some of his
work has also been published in Quills Canadian
Poetry Magazine.
Anne Baldo, at the age of 18, has already
developed a mature and notable flair for Gothic
genre poetry. Visitors to our web site
complimented her as “a modern Edgar Allan
Poe.” Ms. Baldo, who has lived in Ontario,
Canada all her life, is now a student at the
University of Windsor, where she studies
English and Creative Writing. She says, “I'd like
to thank my family, especially my mother, father,
sisters and Aunt Mary Lou, and my high school
creative writing teacher, Ms. Morga, for taking
the time to be so helpful and encouraging.”
Nigel Clive Bruton has been writing poetry
seriously for about one year. He was born in
Bristol, England, and he moved frequently with
his family around the Southwest, where most of
his clear memories of childhood were formed.
His adventures with his older sister and his
brothers are now finding themselves reborn in
the pages of a series of short stories entitled Sid
and Fred. Between owning a restaurant in
Ontario, Canada, with his wife Debi, writing
short stories, and trying to complete a novel, he
was inspired to write Northern Light. The poem
Caution came about during his roaming twenties:
he says it describes love as seen though cynical
eyes. He avers that now he finds writing to be a
morale booster and a long-term goal. Nigel
hopes that his words may be read and pondered
over for a long time to come.
Angela Burns, whose poetry is well represented
in this collection, has much experience in the
publishing industry. Her voluntary work proofreading
this entire manuscript was invaluable.
After decades of writing and editing for trade
magazines and community newspapers, Ms.
Burns (who is now in her 52 nd year) joined a
writer’s group in 2003 and was inspired to write
poetry – a format she finds best for compressing
and condensing thoughts and ideas. She likes to
write observations and commentary about the
world: her political poems have appeared in
newspapers from time to time. Ms. Burns says
that she loves islands. She was born in England
and came to Canada at the age of four to the
island of Montreal and watched it grow. Another
island, Hong Kong, gave her six years of unique
and rewarding experience, both professionally
and personally. She now lives on Vancouver
Island, leaving it only to visit smaller islands.
Nancy Callahan, age 26, is a graduate of
Harvard College. She lives in scenic Cape Cod,
MA, USA. She is a freelance writer who has also
worked as a librarian, teacher, editor and tutor.
Her non-fiction, fiction and poetry have
appeared in a wide variety of publications
including The New Formalist and New Millennium
Writings. Information about Ms. Callahan may
be read at www.geocities.com/nancy_callahan .
Gregory J. Christiano describes himself as a
born and bred city dweller living in the country.
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