Table of Contents for
Please, No More Poetry: The Poetry of derek beaulieu, selected with an introduction by Kit Dobson

Foreword, Neil Besner

Biographical Note

Introduction: Where Meanings Are Not Expected Kit Dobson

Please, No More Poetry

from with wax

rotunda

calcite gours

chamber of the felines

engraved deer

from fractal economies

problems in composition

untitled for christian (in apology)

portrait

framing the narrative

new directions in canadian poetry

from Flatland

from Local Colour

from chains

from Silence

from How to Write

Nothing Odd Can Last

Wild Rose Country

Uncollected Works

That's not writing

block

chapter O

june 26 2010

jan 27 2012

something else

from Extispicium

Afterword: An Interview with derek beaulieu Lori Emerson

Acknowledgements

Since the beginning of his poetic career in the 1990s, derek beaulieu has created works that have challenged readers to understand in new ways the possibilities of poetry. With nine books currently to his credit, and many works appearing in chapbooks, broadsides, and magazines, beaulieu continues to push experimental poetry, both in Canada and internationally, in new directions. Please, No More Poetry is the first selected works of derek beaulieu.

As the publisher of first housepress and, more recently, No Press, beaulieu has continually highlighted the possibilities for experimental work in a variety of writing communities. His own work can be classified as visual poetry, as concrete poetry, as conceptual work, and beyond. His work is not to be read in any traditional sense, as it challenges the very idea of reading; rather, it may be understood as a practice that forces readers to reconsider what they think they know. As beaulieu continues to push himself in new directions, readers will appreciate the work that he has created to date, much of which has become unavailable in Canada.

With an introduction by Kit Dobson and an interview with derek beaulieu by Lori Emerson as an afterword, Please, No More Poetry offers readers an opportunity to gain access to a complex experimental poetic practice through thirty-five selected representative works.

derek beaulieu is the author of five books of poetry, three volumes of conceptual fiction, and over 150 chapbooks. beaulieu teaches at the Alberta College of Art + Design and Mount Royal University.