David Groulx

Mother, Can I Say it Now? is a powerful and evocative collection of Indigenous poetry that highlights the resilience, strength, and profound beauty of Indigenous voices. Through vivid verses, this book explores themes of identity, culture, and the deep connection to the land that defines Indigenous life. Each poem offers a window into the lived experiences of the author, providing a unique perspective on belonging and the complexity of cultural heritage. From The Next Pretend-Indian to Things Abandoned in the Night, these poems confront issues of history, displacement, and self-discovery with striking authenticity. This collection not only showcases the creativity and power of Indigenous storytelling but also invites readers from all walks of life to reflect on their own connections to community and identity.

High Noon Neptune is a powerful poetry collection that delves into important issues of loss, love, class, and capitalism. Throughout this book, the reader is taken on a journey of survival, where the intersections of identity and oppression are explored with clarity and reverence. The poems shed light on the complexities of living in a society that is rife with discrimination and inequality, and the battles that individuals face to survive within these intersecting systems. This book fearlessly navigates through societal and personal struggles with a sharp wit and bold defiance. With each poem, David Groulx confronts and challenges the societal norms and structures that perpetuate injustice and inequality. High Noon Neptune offers a raw and unapologetic perspective on the realities of navigating life as a marginalized individual. This poetry collection is a powerful testament to the resilience and strength of those who refuse to be silenced and continue to fight for survival.

In this poetry collection, David Groulx charts an intimate journey through grief, love, identity, and resistance. With a voice that is at once irreverent and razor-sharp, he confronts the intersecting forces of race, class, and capitalism, exposing their weight while refusing to be defined by them. Each poem pulses with clarity and purpose, balancing vulnerability with a fierce, defiant energy. Groulx does not simply recount survival, but he reshapes it into an act of reclamation and strength. Through striking imagery and bold language, he creates space for healing while challenging the systems that demand endurance in the first place. This is a work that refuses silence, instead rising with brilliance and intent to dismantle, endure, and ultimately transform.

With a sure voice, Groulx, an Anishnaabee writer, artistically weaves together the experiences of Indigenous peoples in settler Canada with those of the people of Palestine, revealing a shared understanding of colonial pasts and presents.

The poems in mamitonehta kisewatisiwin, a Cree translation of Imagine Mercy, portray mixed bloods, resistance, determination, sovereignty, and cultural issues that generate sharply divided opinions and deep emotional struggles. David Groulx's poetic power renders an honest and painful perception of modern-day Indigenous life with strong voice against prejudice and injustice. Remarkable in its candour and gracefully constructed, this collection of poems binds us to the present and, at the same time, connects us to the voices of the past.

wanisk?tota k? p? w?pahk, a Cree translation of Rising with a Distant Dawn, is a powerful poetry collection which stretches across the boundaries to give a voice to the lives and experiences of ordinary Indigenous people. The poems embrace anguish, pride, and hope. They come from the woodlands and the plains, they speak of love, of war, and of the known and the mysterious, they strike with wisdom, joy, and sadness, bringing us closer than ever before to the heart of urban Indigenous life.

In this poetry book, David Groulx seamlessly weaves the spiritual with the ordinary and the present with the powerful voices of the past. He speaks for the spirit, determination, and courage of Aboriginal people, compelling readers to confront cruel reality with his sincere and inspiring vision. Author's poetic power renders an honest and painful perception of Aboriginal life with strong voice against prejudice and injustice.

David Groulx's latest book of poems is as smooth as a mirror, but as cutting and dazzling as shards of glass, reflecting back to us the collective voice of fractured lives. Weaving the ephemeral with the infinite, and the present with the past, he speaks with the strength and confidence of scarred experience, drawing the reader into a compelling narrative that confronts reality with black humour and raw beauty. Remarkable in its brilliance, and brilliant in its candour, In the Silhouette of Your Silences illuminates the delicate threads that bind us together, proving yet again that the distinctive voice of Aboriginal Canadians must and shall be heard.