Lynn Davies (poet)

Lynn Davies (born 1954) is a Canadian poet.[1] She is most noted for her poetry collection The Bridge that Carries the Road, which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1999 Governor General's Awards[2] and for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2000.[3]

Born in Moncton, New Brunswick and raised in Newcastle, Davies travelled abroad for two years after high school and then wrote a weekly travel column for a New Brunswick-based magazine before attending the University of King's College.[1] She was subsequently a writer for publications such as Canadian Geographic, Nature Canada, Outdoor Canada, Arts Atlantic and The Globe and Mail.[1] She attended the Maritime Writers' Workshop in the 1990s, and began writing poetry only after being told by her classmates that her prose writing had a poetic quality.[1]

The Bridge that Carries the Road, her debut collection, was published in 1999.[4] She followed up with the collections Where Sound Pools in 2005,[5] and how the gods pour tea in 2013.[6]

References
  1. Nicholas Learmouth, "Lynn Davies". New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, 2009.
  2. Gilbert Bouchard, "Traditional verse well represented: Three volumes vie for the top award". Edmonton Journal, November 7, 1999.
  3. "The lists are in: Prizes, prizes and more prizes". Vancouver Sun, April 8, 2000.
  4. Ross Leckie, "Living with loneliness". Telegraph-Journal, October 23, 1999.
  5. "Local poet provides another poetic feast". The Daily Gleaner, November 12, 2005.
  6. Linda Hersey, "Lynn Davies infuses poetry with humour". Times & Transcript, November 1, 2013.


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