Carolyne Van Der Meer: 2 books

2 The Children Carolyne Van Der Meer The poems and short stories in this section treat Dutch wartime and Nazi occupation as seen through the eyes of children. Based on interviews with Dutch-Canadians, these pieces work to capture premature loss of innocence and the scars inflicted by war.

Journeywoman is the story in poems of the explicitly female journey made by women through girlhood, motherhood and beyond. The play on the word journeyman is intentional with the notion of completing an apprenticeship and seeking mastery of the trade implicit. The actual journey, both physical and...