"I first met Donna Allard way back in the day when Facebook was a paradise for creatives, especially poets. We recognized ourselves as kindred spirits immediately, and soon discovered that we have a mutual ancestral line. It did not surprise me, once I began reading her work, to discover that she is a consummate poet. She walks that difficult line between thematic breadth, impeccable prosody, a convergence of music and image, and excavating the suffering and joy at the core of every human life.In other words, Donna is a master. And not only is she a master of her art and her craft, she is also unremitting supportive of other poets, and makes her positive mark on many many creative lives. She's not just a national treasure for Canada. She's an international treasure for all of us." Chansonette Buck