"Let none other take apart
the soul that lives and breathes the heart"
~ Ronda Eller, "Sister-Brother-Sisterhood", Whale Songs in the Aurora Borealis, 2005
"Through pleasure and pain we love - we sigh."
~ Ronda Wicks Eller, "Spectre", Hoofprints On The Moon, 2019
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Described as a "modern formalist" poet by Penn Kemp, London, Ontario Poet Laureate, Ronda has offered her creative insights to the public since 1995. She uses a variety of styles to suit the mood of any topic she is wrestling into shape, and enjoys experimenting in new and more traditional formats equally. Her early poems were published under her married name Eller, with haiku under her haijin "kinshu ori" (which means "little pen") but with more recent recognition of artistry using her Wicks surname, she has used both names together since 2016.
In addition to writing poetry and editing her own work, Ronda is actively engaged (by contract) as an editor for other poets, as a book cover artist / designer, and a book interior designer. If you need this service please inquire about availability using the contact link at the top of this webpage. Please also include a description of your project.
On this website you can:
1) Click directly on the "Book Nook" link (not the drop-down menu) to see books available now and make purchases.
2) Use the "Archives" link to learn about books out-of-print, read reviews and author notes, get links to some available for reading online.
3) Use the "Sample Poems" link to read a few examples of Ronda's poetry, watch videos and access the portal to Ronda's YouTube channel
4) Read Ronda's VERY occasional Blog posts
5) Peruse Ronda's sketches, line art and paintings under the "Artistry" link
6) View a sampling of Book Covers Ronda has designed
7) Use the "Bio/CV" link to learn her background and accomplishments as an author
8) Follow "Links" to explore Ronda's friends in poetry, novel-writing and publishing.
9) Contact Ronda
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71 Canadian poets were translated into Bengali in 2016 by translator Parvez Chowdhury. Bengali readers have gradually become more interested in Canadian poetry and 71 is significant in Bangladesh where it is connected with 1971, the year it gained its independence. The poets are:
Donna Allard
Jeanette Armstrong
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Avison
Jill Battson
Julie Berry
Linda Besner
Bill Bissett
Joe Blades
Yvone Blomer
Marianne Bluger
Roo Borson
George Bowering
John Bruce
Brian Campbell
Colin Carberry
Ann Carson
Terry Ann Carter
Ayesha Chatterjee
Peter Christenson
George Elliott Clarke
Leonard Cohen
Pat Connors
James Deahl
John Donlan
Louis Dudek
Sonja Dunn
Ronda Wicks Eller
Kate Marshall Flaherty
Jennifer Footman
Patrick Friesen
Edward Gates
Gary Geddes
Susan Glickman
Catherine Graham
Richard Greene
Jane Eaton Hamilton
Elizabeth Harvor
Steven Heighton
Brian Henderson
Jan Horner
Laurence Hutchman
Gary Hyland
Candice James
Sophia Kaszuba
Lionel Kearns
Lenore Keeshig-Tobias
Wayne Keon
Kateri Lanthier
Dennis Lee
John B. Lee
Randy Lundi
Laura Lush
Alice Major
Bruce Meyer
Anne Michaels
Stephen Morrissey
John Oughton
Molly Peacock
Jim Potrais
Robert Priest
Duke Redbird
Karen Shenfield
Sandy Shreve
Goran Simic
Anne Simpson
Carolyn Smart
Susan Stenson
Linda Rogers vanKrugel
Halli Villegas
Anna Yin
Liz Zetlin