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David O'Meara is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently A Pretty Sight (Coach House Books, 2013). He is the Director of the Plan 99 Reading Series, and was the founding Artistic Director for VERSeFest (Canada's International Poetry Festival). David lives in Ottawa, Canada.
"""O’Meara writes on his immediate, blending the external with more philosophical concerns, composing a lyric that seeks an order through the chaos and noise, seeking solace in putting each possibility into its place."" –rob mclennan "" O’Meara deftly weaves language into a tapestry of shifting registers and crystalline images while paying tribute to the dead – poet Elise Partridge, O’Meara’s own father – while casting a wary eye on our nervous future. He’s also almost painfully funny."" –Steven W. Beattie, Quill & Quire Best Books of 2021 ""[O'Meara] brings a whimsical irony and witty figurative language to “the pantomime of normal,” as he reflects on household chores, anxieties about money and being stuck in traffic, which represents a longing to escape the way life is (“I’m just shoulder-checking for an exit”)."" –The Toronto Star"
