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What I've been up to lately... (Recent Past & Into the Future)

D.S. Martin will be in Massachusetts ― as a guest speaker when Creare Symphonia presents Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending in Brewster, Oct 17 and Oct 18, 2026 ― and to read his own poetry at Paraclete House (Brewster) Oct 18 (11 AM), and at Gordon College (Wenham) Oct 19 (12:40 PM).

D.S. Martin will be launching his new poetry anthology Unto Us A Child Is Born at Redeemer University on November 19th, 2026 at 5:00 PM (along with a few guest poets!)

As Poet-in-Residence at McMaster Divinity College he frequently is featured at an MDC Chapel Service ― as he will be on December 1st, 2026.

Read Jill Baumgaertner's Christian Century review of The Role of the Moon.

Traces Journal : Issue 4 includes a feature on D.S. Martin, including:

An interview conducted by Burl Horniachek
A review of The Role of the Moon by Vilma Blenman
Plus two new poems: Road With Cypresses & Sky Poem

The Role of the Moon is a Finalist for the 2026 Poetry Society of Virginia North American Poetry Book Award!

The Role of the Moon is a Gold Medal Winner for Poetry!

Read new reviews of The Role of the Moon here: Faith Today https://www.faithtoday.ca/Magazines/2026-Jan-Feb/The-Role-of-the-Moon. Christian Courier https://www.christiancourier.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Christian_Courier_January2026_web.pdf (pg. 11).

D.S. Martin once again taught the course ENG 306 Writing Poetry at Redeemer University in Ancaster, Ontario from January through April 2026.

The official launch of D.S. Martin's new book The Role of the Moon (Paraclete, 2025) occurred at St. Thomas's Church 383 Huron Street, Toronto, on November 22nd at 2:30. Ottawa poet Jesse Keith Butler opened the event. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J4znVEKM2I&t=7s

Three of his recent essays have appeared in connection to McMaster Divinity College. ONE: "Poetry and the Transcendent" in Secularism and the Pursuit of Transcendence.

TWO: "The Value of Praise: Pride and Prejudice as a Portrait of Who We Are as Worshippers" in Volume 24 of the McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry.

THREE: "Polishing Mirrors for Heaven," by Philip Yancey and D.S. Martin, also in Volume 24 of the McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry (An essay about the work of Romanian sculptor Liviu Mocan, and about Jill Peláez Baumgaertner's poetry collection The Shapes are Real, which is inspired by Mocan's work).

D.S. Martin's eight poems known as The Blessings, have been published in pairs over four issues of The Christian Century ― August, September, October and November 2024.

D.S. Martin's poem "Two Types of Ibeks" won first place in the Fare Forward Poetry Competition. Read the poem here: http://farefwd.com/index.php/2022/09/30/two-types-of-ibeks/

D.S. Martin curated the poetry from poets across Canada for Crossings March 2 to April 14, 2022. Click the image for more information:

Two Poetry Web Journals

For more than ten years, D.S. Martin has blogged, and continues to blog, about Poets and Poetry of the Christian faith on his Kingdom Poets Blog Check it out! There's a new post every Monday.

On the McMaster Divinity College website, you can also read the web journal Poems For Ephesians, which first appeared in September of 2018.

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