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After many years of marginalizing poetry David C. Brydges is inflamed and passionate about promoting poetry. Joining the Stroll of Poets and Raving Poets reading series in Edmonton has given him a sense of community and stage for participation.

David believes that Friedrich Holderlin was right when in the 17 th century he said "although we have to earn a living we dwell poetically on this earth". The natural creative gifts of observation and capturing them in poetic form is a daily, detailed discipline.

For the past three years he volunteered and participated in the Edmonton Poetry festival. David is the founder/artistic director of Spring Pulse Poetry Festival Northeastern Ontario's largest and only poetry/arts festival.Check out the festival at www.springpulsepoetryfestival.com

David has created Blue Apple Press a self-publishing company to get in print his works for the general public. Recently joining the League of Canadian Poets as an associate member is an extension of his desire to strengthen his public association with fellow poets and organizations. David is an enthusiastic advocate for poetry in public places. Poetry is a passionate secretion of juices from the muses

Associations:
- Stroll of Poets Edmonton
- Canadian Federation of Poets
- Canadian Poetry Association
- Canadian Authors Association
- League of Canadian Poets (associate member)
- The Ontario Poetry Society - Branch Manager, Cobalt

Poetry contests:
- Synchronicity Magazine, Calgary annual poetry contest 2001 (honourable mention)
- Spiritual Directions, Calgary annual poetry contest 2005 (third place)
- Dr. William Henry Drummond, Poetry Contest 2007 (first place)

Blue Apple Press Publications: (chapbooks)
- Windfire on the Lake Road, 2008, isbn 978-0-9732744-4-8, 36 pages, $5:00
- Cobalt Poems verses of the north anthology, 2008, isbn 978-9732744-5-5, 60 pages, $10:00
- Anthologies of the Misshapen, 2008, isbn 978-0-9732744-8-6, 16 pages, $3:00
Forthcoming Books/CD's
- In a Northern Light, (Dr. William Henry Drummond) biography
- Doctor William Henry Drummond, selected anthology
- Orphans Of Chronos, anthology
- Raving Rants Revelry, CD
Anthologies:
- Decabration 10th anniversary anthology,
Ontario Poetry Society
- Stroll of Poets,
anthology, 2007-08-09 - 2010
- Killer Blinks, anthology, 2007-08-09 - 2010
- Cobalt Poems Verses of the North, 2008
- Legacy Dr. William Henry Drummond, 2008
- Many Pens of Passion, anthology, 2009
- Raving Poets e-magazine Raving, 2009 ( Issues 1, 2 & 3)

Contact:
Mail:
...David C. Brydges
...... .....Box 455 Cobalt, ON - P0J 1C0
Email: .mybrydges@yahoo.ca
Phone: 705-679-8930