Barnes, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Barnes has been writing poetry & prose for over 15 years and is currently an active member of the High Park Writers Group in Toronto. In 2002 she was short-listed for the Writers’ Union of Canada short story contest for her story The Yellow Dahlia. She has been published in Canadian Voices, An Anthology of Prose and Poetry by Emerging Canadian Writers, Vol. One & Canadian Voices, Vol. Two [Bookland Press, 2009 & 2010], and has recently published a book of poetry entitled Giving into Gravity through Mississauga, ON-based publisher In Our Words.

CommuterLit Posts:

Prelude in E Minor

The Homecoming

Dangling on a Hook

Street Observations

Street Observation IX

Gloss #1 on Eli Mandel’s Agatha Christie

Gloss #1 on Polaris by Gwendolyn MacEwen

Inspired by Billy Collins’ Istanbul

Mendacious Piano

Thor’s Workshop

Garden Buddha

Weasel Chases Chatterer

Morning Follows Night: A Soundscape

Person in a Plant Pot

Washing Dishes

Commuter Train

Giving into Gravity — Giving Into Gravity, by Elizabeth Barnes

Today’s Author

Kaarina Stiff grew up in Toronto and earned a diploma in print journalism from Centennial College. After a brief stint as a staff writer for a chain of community newspapers, she returned to school and graduated from Carleton University (Bachelor of Arts, History and Political Science) and the University of Waterloo (Master of Environmental Studies). For the past 13 years she has toiled in various government offices, and now writes for pleasure in her spare time. She lives in Ottawa.

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