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The Irish Times

My poetry can be read on these publications’ websites:

Amethyst Review, (click here too)
Canadian Literature, (click here too)
The Christian Century
The Cresset
Cumberland River Review
The Dalhousie Review
Ekstasis
First Things, (click here too)
Literary Review of Canada
The Other Journal
Perspectives
Solum Literary Review
Sojourners
Spadina Literary Review
Stonework Issue 6
The Temz Review
Whale Road Review
And I’m included in the National Poetry Month post from

In 2020 Alliance Connection published five of D.S. Martin’s poems, featuring graphics by Eric Crow. Click on the image to see and read them.

Essays

This essay (To be a Christian Poet) was commissioned by Ekstasis
Soul Deep: An invitation to those who have lost the joy of poetry
Two new essays about music and faith (Christian Courier)

Out for cappuccino with Ekphrastic Poetry class — Orvieto, Italy (2019)

Interviews

Listen to LAB: The Podcast with Zach Elliott (May 2021)
The inaugural podcast from Solum Literary Press is: Ep. 1 – Beauty, Goodness and Truth: D.S. Martin on the Need for Art in Evangelicalism (February 2021)
Listen to Edge of Faith Magazine (September 2019)

Being interviewed at Faith In Form — Winnipeg, Manitoba (2019)

Reviews of My Poetry Collections

Review by Marianne Jones of Ampersand from Faith Today
Review by Violet Nesdoly of Conspiracy of Light from Faith Today
Post on Good Reads for Conspiracy of Light
Review by Vivian Teeter of Poiema from Anglican Theological Review
Review by Josh Mayo of Poiema from Ruminate Magazine
Review by Luci Shaw of Poiema from Radix Magazine
Review by Jenna Smith of Poiema from Christian Week
Review of anthology In A Strange Land by Jody Lee Collins
Review of anthology Adam, Eve, & the Riders of the Apocalypse by Christopher Benson in Christianity Today
Feature review of anthology The Turning Aside by Brent Newsom in Englewood Review of Books

My Reviews of Other Poets’ Poetry (online):

- - - Read my reviews for Ruminate of poetry by Malcolm Guite, Philip C. Kolin, Eric Potter, Christian Wiman, Brett Foster, John Leax, and Mary Oliver
    - Here’s one of my poetry reviews for Books & Culture (others are available on this site too)
    - This is my review of Mary Oliver’s Evidence for The Cresset

Keep an eye on this column for upcoming conference appearances or readings.

As we climb out from under pandemic restrictions, please feel free to contact D.S. Martin, to book appearances.

D.S. Martin will be participating in a literary panel “Truth Vis-à-Vis Language: The Performance of Poetry” with moderator Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, and fellow poet Kazim Ali, at Poetry Festival Singapore (July 2021)

He will be the in-person keynote speaker at the 2021 Fall Conference of the Inscribe Christian Writers' Fellowship, October 1 & 2, at the Providence Renewal Centre in Edmonton, Alberta.

In A Strange Land: Introducing Ten Kingdom Poets (Poiema/Cascade) is D.S. Martin's latest anthology from the Poiema Poetry Series.

Click to view the video!

In his role at McMaster Divinity College he often shares his poetry as part of chapel services. He recently shared a video presentation of one of his poems for a virtual chapel.

The Poiema Poetry Series Reading at the Prince Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan (that was booked for the Friday of 2020's Festival of Faith & Writing) will be rescheduled for 2022. The new conference dates are March 24-26.

D.S. Martin is available to present his poetry, guest in college classrooms, teach courses or present workshops. He has recently presented at the Windhover Writers Festival in Texas, and taught for Gordon College in Orvieto, Italy.

The following promotional poster is from a reading at Redeemer University in Ancaster, Ontario.