Andreas Gripp is a Canadian poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

 and the author of 13 books of poetry and 12 chapbooks.

Born in London, Ontario

London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...

, he entered the literary field as editor

Editor in chief

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 and publisher of Afterthoughts, a poetry journal that existed from 1994 to 2000. His first chapbook

Chapbook

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 appeared in 1999 and his first full-length collection in 2001. His early work was often prose

Prose

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-laden and focused on social issues as well as the lives of marginalized, fictional characters

Character (arts)

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. His later releases, including 2009's The Lesser Light and 2010's The Fall, centered on personal relationships and human interraction with nature, many of the poems written in a metered narrative.

A comprehensive collection of both his older and most recent verse appear in the 2009 compilation, Anathema: Poems Selected & New and the 2011 follow-up, Perennial: Poems Selected & New Volume 2. His work has also been published in several anthologies and literary periodicals, including Arborealis: A Canadian Anthology of Poetry, Only the Sea Keeps: Poetry of the Tsunami, Van Gogh's Ear, Ascent Aspirations, Myth Weavers: Canadian Myths and Legends, Carousel, The Toronto Quarterly, Canadian Zen Haiku, Literary Review of Canada, Possessions: The Eldon House Poems, Descant, Tower Poetry, and Goodbye Billie Jean: The Meaning of Michael Jackson.

Anathema: Poems Selected & New was shortlisted for the 2010 Acorn-Plantos Award for People's Poetry.

Books

• 2001: Gullible Skeptic, Harmonia Press, ISBN 9780968888506
• 2002: Captain Fascist and the Plastic Storm Troopers, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9688885-1-8
• 2003: The Cosmopolitan Day of Reckoning, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9688885-3-4
• 2004: Mr. Rubik's House of Cards, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9688885-5-0
• 2005: Like Darwin Among the Gods, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9688885-8-5
• 2006: The Language of Sparrows, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9739932-1-9
• 2007: T.O. Loveless & other poems, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9739932-2-6
• 2007: Angel Clare, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9739932-4-0
• 2008: Beads on Blossoms, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9739932-5-7
• 2009: The Lesser Light, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9739932-6-4
• 2009: Anathema: Poems Selected & New, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9739932-8-8
• 2010: The Fall, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9739932-9-5
• 2011: Perennial: Poems Selected & New Volume 2, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9865996-2-0

Chapbooks

• 1999: Deceived, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9696238-6-0
• 2000: Fish Out of Water, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9696238-8-7
• 2001: Captain Fascist (Chapbook version), Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9696238-9-5
• 2004: The After Solstice (Short Fiction), Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9688885-4-2
• 2005: Anno Domino (Haiku/Senyru), Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9688885-6-9
• 2006: Past Life Aggression & Other Poems, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9739932-0-0
• 2007: In a Sea of Green Tea (Shan-zi), Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9739932-3-3
• 2009: Dr. Lerner's Study Notes, or The Treatise of Cameron King, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9739932-7-1
• 2010: In the Breath of Woven Seasons (Haiku), Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9865996-0-6
• 2010: Metronome, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9865996-1-3
• 2011: Under the Evergreens, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9865996-3-7
• 2011: Ex gratia, Harmonia Press, ISBN 978-0-9865996-4-4

See also

• List of Canadian Poets