Poet | Palmero | Member of Palabra Flamenco | Producer of Dark Sounds | Author of Prologue for the Age of Consequence (Anansi, 2014) and Who Else in the Dark Headed There (Biblioasis, 2026) | Pronouns: he / him. | 🇵🇸 🌈 🍉
Garth Martens
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above/ground press (and myself!) at Banff! , with six new titles + an online reading, / @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social @jrcarpenter.bsky.social @banffcentre.bsky.social ;
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My poem BIRTHDAY is up today at B O D Y Literature, an international journal based in Prague.
A lotta life packed into these lines, including the jagged bits.
Read it here:
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Killing Spree by @joriegraham.bsky.social is available to pre-order🖤
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In case you hadn't heard, above/ground press (and myself) are in the midst of a week at Banff, wandering through the writing studios as part...
I’m thrilled to be joining Rebecca Morgan Frank as co-poetry columnist—I’ll be here every other month with seven new poetry collections. “In a Dark Time” by Theodore Roethke is perhaps …
You can find or order my book from any local, indie bookstore. Or direct from the publisher @biblioasis.bsky.social here:
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BIRTHDAY is from my new book, Who Else in the Dark Headed There (@biblioasis.bsky.social), and I'm particularly happy that it's found a home online.
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A review of my new book, Who Else in the Dark Headed There, appears in the May 2026 issue of the Literary Review of Canada (@reviewcanada.bsky.social).
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Check it out below.
In his first collection since the Governor General’s–nominated Prologue for the Age of Consequence, Martens adds an autobiographical lens to his concerns about class and labour. A mother disappears. A...
In his first collection since the Governor General’s–nominated Prologue for the Age of Consequence, Martens adds an autobiographical lens to his concerns about class and labour. A mother disappears. A...
