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Looking Through Stone: Poems about the Earth
Much past Canadian poetry described our people and landscape in lyrical terms. Combining research and wonder, Looking Through Stone burrows deeper—the first collection of poems in Canada devoted exclusively to geology and mining. Quite literally, it goes underground. From volcanoes to vitamins, the book presents a wealth of factual information. It also explores past, more fanciful notions about how rocks and minerals fit into our human picture. In its 107 pages, science and imagination meet.
• Part I introduces a little basic geology.
• Part II focuses on the seven metals of the ancients, linked to the planets and days of the week, plus platinum and uranium.
• Part III delves into myths and legends about the power of gemstones.
• Part IV looks at the history and technology of mining, and its social and economic impact.
The minerals included in Looking Through Stone are all to be found in Canada—a reminder of our country’s rich resources
• Part I introduces a little basic geology.
• Part II focuses on the seven metals of the ancients, linked to the planets and days of the week, plus platinum and uranium.
• Part III delves into myths and legends about the power of gemstones.
• Part IV looks at the history and technology of mining, and its social and economic impact.
The minerals included in Looking Through Stone are all to be found in Canada—a reminder of our country’s rich resources
107 pages, Paperback
First published August 10, 2010
About the author
Susan Ioannou
21 booksBorn in Toronto, Susan Ioannou holds an Honours B.A. and M.A. in English Language and Literature from the University of Toronto. For many years she worked with Cross-Canada Writers' Quarterly/Magazine as Associate Editor and Columnist.
Susan has given numerous presentations to writers' groups, as well as workshops for the Toronto Board of Education, Ryerson University, and the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. To consolidate her activities as teacher, editor, and writer, she founded Wordwrights Canada, through which until 2017 she also offered the online writer's course Lessons in Writing the Poem. After publication of Looking Through Stone: Poems about the Earth, later republished as Poems on Geology, Metals, Minerals, and Mining, her interest in Canada's mineral industry earned her the name The Mining Poet.
Some of her poems have been set to music by a Canadian and a Norwegian composer, as well as translated into Hindi and Dutch.
Her current professional memberships include The League of Canadian Poets and The Writers' Union of Canada. A widow, she is mother to a daughter and a son.
Susan has given numerous presentations to writers' groups, as well as workshops for the Toronto Board of Education, Ryerson University, and the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. To consolidate her activities as teacher, editor, and writer, she founded Wordwrights Canada, through which until 2017 she also offered the online writer's course Lessons in Writing the Poem. After publication of Looking Through Stone: Poems about the Earth, later republished as Poems on Geology, Metals, Minerals, and Mining, her interest in Canada's mineral industry earned her the name The Mining Poet.
Some of her poems have been set to music by a Canadian and a Norwegian composer, as well as translated into Hindi and Dutch.
Her current professional memberships include The League of Canadian Poets and The Writers' Union of Canada. A widow, she is mother to a daughter and a son.
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