ISBN 1-896860-30-3 Beautiful Sadness (poetry) 12.95
published 1998 82 pages

In Beautiful Sadness laughter often simmers under a rueful – or strangely joyful – melancholy tone. These poems are the songs you might sing on street corners if, reaching beyond the troubles of daily life, you discover the resiliency of the spirit.

ISBN 1-896860-72-9 Caution to the Wind (poetry) 14.95
published 2000 76 pages

In Caution to the Wind the poet explores the nature of memory, places encountered while travelling and life at home. These engaging poems offer portraits of a soul contemplating the tenuous bonds of fear and hope that are shared between us and tie us to the world.

ISBN 978-1-897430-21-7 The Discipline of Ice (poetry) 19.95
published 2008 100 pages

The Discipline of Ice is an experiment of thought and word bursting with enthusiasm, devotion and despair. Part rant, part ode, part mirage.

ISBN 1-894800-43-5 Revenge of the Optimist (poetry) 18.95
published 2004 96 pages

Lesley Choyce’s poetry is transcendental, joyful and at times ecstatic, though rooted securely in the world. The new poems in Revenge of the Optimist are charged with a kind of soulful music and are distinguished by wide tonal flavours and range.