Editing George Swede

{{short description|Canadian writer}}

'''George Swede''' ({{langx|lv|Juris Švēde}}), (born as ''Juris Puriņš'', November 20, 1940 in [[Riga]], [[Latvia]]) is a [[Latvian Canadian]] [[psychologist]], [[poet]] and [[children's writer]] who lives in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]. He is a major figure in [[Haiku in English|English-language haiku]], known for his wry, poignant observations <ref>van den Heuvel, C. (ed.). The Haiku Antholgy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986, 234-241.</ref>
<ref>van den Heuvel, C. (ed.). The Haiku Anthology. New York: W.W. Norton, 1999, 208-217</ref> 
<ref>Kacian, J., Rowland, P. & Burns, A. (eds.). Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years. New York: W.W. Norton, 2013, 76-78.</ref>

==Life==
In 1947, Swede arrived with his mother and stepfather from post-WW II Europe to live with his maternal grandparents on a fruit farm in [[Oyama, British Columbia]] and, when his stepfather died in 1950, Swede moved with his mother to Vancouver where he finished junior high and high school.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20071201203115/http://www.themercurypress.ca/?q=books%2Fimagination_action , Swede, G. ''Tracks in the Sand: Why Do We Write?'' pp. 56-61</ref> Then he studied at the [[University of British Columbia]], where he graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[Psychology]] in 1964. After that, he worked briefly as a psychologist at [[New Westminster#B.C. Penitentiary|B.C. Penitentiary]] in [[New Westminster]]. In 1965, he got an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] at [[Dalhousie University]] with a published thesis <ref>Swede, G. & McNulty, J. "The influence of contextual cues upon the learning and retention of paired associates." Canadian Journal of Psychology, 1967, 21 (5), 394-408.</ref>
From 1966 to 1967, Swede was a psychology instructor at [[Vancouver Community College|Vancouver City College]], after which he worked as a school psychologist at the [[Scarborough Village|Scarborough]] Board of Education in Toronto until 1968.

He resumed his [[Academia|academic career]] at [[Toronto Metropolitan University|Ryerson University]], where he stayed as member of the psychology department from 1968 to 2006 (as chair from 1998 to 2003). From 1970 to 1975 he served as Director for Developmental Psychology at [[Ryerson Open College]], a [[virtual university]] which broadcast lectures by radio (on [[CJRT-FM]]) and TV ([[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] and [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]) from 1970 to 1975; and from 1993 to 2000 he was engaged in Ryerson University Now (RUN),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/2008Archive/20080606_Rona_Outrea.html |title=Outreach initiatives build bridges and make university education accessible |access-date=2009-10-01 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607152001/http://www.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/2008Archive/20080606_Rona_Outrea.html |archive-date=June 7, 2011 }}</ref> an initiative to get bright but disadvantaged students interested in going to university. This was achieved by enrolling [[Vaughan Road Academy]] students<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tdsb.on.ca/SchoolWeb/_site/viewitem.asp?siteid=10277&pageid=13971&menuid=15791|title=Good News At Vaughan Road Academy}}</ref> in a university level introductory psychology course that Swede taught. Most graduated and many received [[scholarship]]s to attend university.

Swede was named the Honorary Curator of the American Haiku Archives for the 2008-09 term in recognition of his contributions to haiku <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.americanhaikuarchives.org/curators/GeorgeSwede.html|title=American Haiku Archives Honorary Curator George Swede|website=www.americanhaikuarchives.org}}</ref> at the California State Library in Sacramento, California.

The '''''George Swede Papers''''', thus far from 1968 to 2012, are at the [https://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/sites/default/public/finding_aids/swede658.pdf Fisher Library, University of Toronto.] 
See also his papers at the Archives & Special Collections, Toronto Metropolitan University <ref>{{cite web | url=https://archives.library.torontomu.ca/index.php/informationobject/browse?topLod=0&sort=relevance&query=George+Swede | title=TMU Archives & Special Collections }}</ref>	

SWEDE BEGAN WRITING  FREE VERSE in the late 1960s and published in such journals as 
*''Antigonish Review''<ref>http://www.antigonishreview.com/ , 1978, No.33</ref>
*''[[Canadian Forum]]'';<ref>1974, No. 644; 1976, No. 665</ref>
*''Grain''<ref>1976, 4:3</ref>
*''New Quarterly''<ref>http://www.tnq.ca/ , 1984, 4:2</ref>
*''Open Letter''<ref>http://publish.uwo.ca/~fdavey/history.htm , 1999, 10:6</ref>
*''Piedmont Literary Review'';<ref>1984, 9:1</ref>
*''Quarry Magazine''<ref>1970, Vol. 19:2; 1971, Vol. 20:2; 1974, Vol.23:3; 1985, 34:1</ref>
*''Rampike''<ref>http://web4.uwindsor.ca/rampike {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213075107/http://web4.uwindsor.ca/rampike |date=2017-12-13 }} , 1986, Vol. 4:2&3, 5:1; 1988, Vol. 6:2; 1998, 10:1; 1999, Vol. 10:2</ref>
*''[[Tamarack Review]]''<ref>1971, No. 58</ref>
*''[[Toronto Life]]''<ref>https://secure.indas.on.ca/care/tlm/subscribe.php3?key=C08CGS {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227134753/https://secure.indas.on.ca/care/tlm/subscribe.php3?key=C08CGS |date=2012-02-27 }} , June, 1981</ref>

SWEDE'S INTEREST IN THE HAIKU [[Japanese poetry]] began in 1976 when he was asked to review [[Makoto Ueda (poetry critic)|Makoto Ueda]]'s ''Modern Japanese Haiku'' (University of Toronto Press, 1976).<ref>Swede, G. ''Tracks in the Sand: Why Do We Write?'' In Carol Malyon (ed.). [https://web.archive.org/web/20071201203115/http://www.themercurypress.ca/?q=books%2Fimagination_action ''Imagination in Action''.] Toronto: Mercury Press, 2007, p.59</ref>

Swede then began publishing in such journals as 
*''Acorn''<ref>http://home.earthlink.net/~missias/Acorn.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916191922/http://home.earthlink.net/~missias/Acorn.html |date=2009-09-16 }} , 2004, No. 12 to present</ref>
*''[[American Tanka]]''<ref>http://www.americantanka.com/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510050320/http://www.americantanka.com/ |date=2012-05-10 }} , 1996, No. 1 to present</ref>
*''Cicada''<ref>1977, 1:1 to 1981, 5:1</ref>
*''[[Frogpond]]''<ref>http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/index.html , 1982, 5:1 to the present</ref>
*''Industrial Sabotage''<ref>1982, issue 9, 16 issues through to issue 56, 1998</ref>
*''Inkstone''<ref>1982, 1:1 to 1991, 5:1</ref>
*''[[Mainichi Shimbun]], Haiku in English''<ref>http://mdn.mainichi.jp/features/haiku/archive/news/2009/08/20090721p2g00m0fe036000c.html {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, March 1, 1982 to present</ref>
*''Modern Haiku''<ref>http://www.modernhaiku.org/ , 1977, 8:3 to the present</ref>
*''Simply Haiku''<ref>http://www.simplyhaiku.com/ , 2003, No. 3 to 2008, No. 1</ref>

In 1977, along with Betty Drevniok and Eric Amann, Swede co-founded [[Haiku Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.haikucanada.org/id2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706081041/http://www.haikucanada.org/id2.html|url-status=dead|title=About Haiku Canada|archive-date=July 6, 2008}}</ref>

At its 30th anniversary held in Ottawa in May 2007, Haiku Canada awarded Swede an Honorary Life Membership.<br /> In an interview with Alok Mishra, Editor-in-Chief, Ashvamegh, Swede spoke about the poets who have influenced him—[[Dylan Thomas]], [[Leonard Cohen]], [[Ezra Pound]] and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ashvamegh.net/george-swede-canadian-poet-interview-ashvamegh/|title=George Swede Canadian Poet Interview Ashvamegh|work=Ashvamegh|date= May 2016}}</ref>

SWEDE COMBINED HIS INTERESTS IN POETRY AND PSYCHOLOGY when he published an article revealing the influences, starting in childhood, that motivate someone to become a poet:<ref>Swede, G. "Poetic Innovation" in L. V. Shavinina (ed.), The International Handbook on Innovation. Oxford, UK: Pergamon, 2003, 471-484. [http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/666198/description#description The International Handbook on Innovation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712043608/http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/666198/description |date=2009-07-12 }}</ref>

REVIEWS OF SWEDE'S WORK have appeared in numerous literary magazines as well as publications that emphasize literary criticism:
*''[[Canadian Literature (journal)|Canadian Literature]]''<ref>http://www.canlit.ca/search.php?cmd=search&words=%5Cgeorge+swede&mode=fulltext&formsearch=Search {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, 1985, No. 104; 1986, No. 111; 2001, No. 168; 2004, No. 183</ref>
*''[[Books in Canada]]''<ref>http://www.booksincanada.com/ , January, 1979 (by Pier Giorgio Di Cicco); 1984, 13:10, 1989, 18:3</ref>
*''Canadian Children's Literature''<ref>http://ccl.uwinnipeg.ca/ , 1986, No. 41; 1990, No. 59 (by Bert Almon); 1992, No. 67; 2003, Nos. 109-110</ref>

IN-DEPTH ANALYSES of Swede's work have appeared in the following periodicals:
*''Ryerson Magazine''<ref>1975, 1:2</ref>
*''[[Poetry Toronto]]''<ref>1981, No. 69</ref>
*''[[Origin (magazine)|Origin]]''<ref>1982, 12:1</ref>
*CJRT-FM: Contemporary Poets<ref>http://www.jazz.fm/ , Part 1, January 5, 1984 (two hours); Part 2, January 12, 1984 (two hours)</ref>
*''What'';<ref>December, 1985</ref>
*''[[Canadian Author & Bookman]]''<ref>1992, 67:3</ref>
*[[TVOntario]]: In Conversation With . . .<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?schedule |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-10-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917075152/http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?schedule |archive-date=2009-09-17 }}, September 21, 1992 (45 minutes)</ref>
*''Blithe Spirit''<ref>1999, 9:2</ref>
*[[BBC Radio 3]]: Close To Silence<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/ , (with Stephen Gill) August 25, 2000</ref>
*Amanda Hill on George Swede<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.millikin.edu/haiku//writerprofiles/HillOnSwede.html |title=Amanda Hill on George Swede |access-date=2009-10-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055031/http://old.millikin.edu/haiku//writerprofiles/HillOnSwede.html |archive-date=2011-07-16 }}, Spring, 2001</ref>
*''haijinx''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haijinx.org/authors/g.swede.html |title=Author bio - George Swede |access-date=2010-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726135428/http://www.haijinx.org/authors/g.swede.html |archive-date=2011-07-26 }}, March, 2001</ref>
*''Simply Haiku''<ref>http://www.simplyhaiku.com/SHv1n3/swede.html , 2003, 1:3</ref><ref>http://simplyhaiku.com/SHv2n1/tanka/swede.html , 2004, 2:1</ref><ref>http://www.simplyhaiku.com/SHv4n4/senryu/senryuFeature.html , 2006, 4:4</ref>
* Hirschfield, R.″George Swede: Haiku Master & Secular Contemplative″ ''Beshara Magazine''Issue 22, 2022, United Kingdom, 15 pars.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://besharamagazine.org/arts-literature/george-swede-haiku-master-secular-contemplative | title=George Swede: Haiku Master & Secular Contemplative | date=23 September 2022 }}</ref>
* Hirschfield, R. ″Discovering George Swede: The Timeless World of Haiku.″ ″3rd Act Magazine″ Winter 2022/23, U.S.A., 21 pars.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/3rdactmagazine/docs/interior-winter-2022-print/s/17430231 |title=The Timeless World |publisher=Issuu |access-date=2023-02-14}}</ref>
* Hirschfield, R. "The Haiku Journey of a Secular Contemplative."<ref>''Parabola (magazine)|'' 2023, Vol. 48, No. 2, Summer, pp. 74-76</ref>
* Hirschfield, R. "The Death Haiku of George Swede."<ref>"Evergreen Review (magazine)/" 2024, 
S/S 2024, U.S.A., 14 pars. {{cite web|url=https://evergreenreview.com/read/the-death-haiku-of-george-swede/ |title=The Death Haiku of George Swede }}</ref>
SWEDE'S MAJOR EDITORIAL POSITION was from 2008 to 2012 as editor of ''Frogpond'', the journal of the [[Haiku Society of America]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/aboutfrogpond.html|title=About Frogpond|website=www.hsa-haiku.org}}</ref>
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==Awards==
*Co-winner, High/Coo Press Mini-Chapbook Competition, 1982 for "All of Her Shadows"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/catalog/brooksminis.html|title=Brooks Books Mini-chapbooks|website=www.brooksbookshaiku.com}}</ref>
*Museum of Haiku Literature Award, "Frogpond", 5:4, 1983<ref name="museumawardscollection">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/museumawardscollection.html|title=Frogpond Museum of Haiku Literature Award|website=www.hsa-haiku.org}}</ref>
*Museum of Haiku Literature Award, "Frogpond", 8:2, 1985<ref name="museumawardscollection" />
*"Our Choice", Canadian Children's Book Centre, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992 <ref name="whoswhopoetry">{{Cite book|title=International Who's Who in Poetry 2005|publisher=Europa Publications|year=2004|isbn=9786610291168|edition=13th|location=London|pages=1520–1521}}</ref>
*Museum of Haiku Literature Award, "Frogpond", 15:2, 1992<ref name="museumawardscollection" />
*First Prize, "Mainichi Daily News" Haiku Contest in English, 1994 <ref name="whoswhopoetry" />
*Second Prize, "Mainichi Daily News" 125th Anniversary Haiku Contest, 1997 <ref name="whoswhopoetry" />
*Third Prize, Harold G. Henderson Haiku Contest, Haiku Society of America, 1997<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hsa-haiku.org/hendersonawards/henderson.htm |title=HSA Harold G. Henderson Memorial Award Collection |access-date=2012-06-19 |archive-date=2012-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604092809/http://www.hsa-haiku.org/hendersonawards/henderson.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*First Prize, The Snapshot Press Tanka Collection Competition 2005 for "First Light, First Shadows"{{ISBN|978-1-903543-19-1}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snapshotpress.co.uk/books/first_light_first_shadows.htm|title=First Light, First Shadows|website=www.snapshotpress.co.uk}}</ref> 
*Associate, The Haiku Foundation, 2008
*Honorary Curator, American Haiku Archives, 2008/09
*Second Prize, "Mainichi Daily News" Haiku Contest in English, 2008{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}
*Scorpion Prize, "Roadrunner" 2010, 10:1 Judged by Marjorie Perloff <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerjournal.net/pages101/scorpion_19.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-09-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415045659/http://www.roadrunnerjournal.net/pages101/scorpion_19.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-15 }}</ref>
*Second Prize (Tokusen), Foreign Language Category, Kusamakura International Haiku Competition, 2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kusamakura-haiku.jp/backnumber/2010/english.html|title=第15回外国語部門入賞作品｜受賞バックナンバー｜「草枕」国際俳句大会（第15回）|website=kusamakura-haiku.jp}}</ref>
*Honorable Mention, Touchstone Book Awards 2010 for "Joy In Me Still"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/touchstone-archive-2010/|title=Touchstone Awards for 2010|date=4 April 2012 }}</ref>
*Grand Prize (Taisho), Foreign Language Category, Kusamakura International Haiku Competition, 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kusamakura-haiku.jp/backnumber/2011/english_e.html|title=Previous winning haiku.&#124; International "Kusamakura" haiku competition website|website=kusamakura-haiku.jp}}</ref>
*First Honorable Mention, Kanterman Book Awards 2011 for "Joy In Me Still"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hsa-haiku.org/meritbookawards/merit-book_archive.htm|title = Archive of Merit Book Awards from the Haiku Society of America}}</ref>
*Scorpion Prize, "Roadrunner" 2012, 12:2 Judged by Mark Wallace <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://issuu.com/roadrunner_ku/docs/r_r_12.2___2012?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23222222|title = R'r 12.2}}</ref>
*Honorable Mention, Touchstone Book Awards 2014 for "micro haiku: three to nine syllables"<ref>http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/touchstone-archive-2014 {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*Honorable Mention, Mildred Kanterman Merit Book Award, Haiku Society of America, 2015, for "micro haiku: three to nine syllables" <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hsa-haiku.org/meritbookawards/merit-book_archive.htm#2015|title = Archive of Merit Book Awards from the Haiku Society of America}}</ref>
*First Prize, Mildred Kanterman Merit Book Award, Haiku Society of America, 2017, for ″Helices″ <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hsa-haiku.org/meritbookawards/meritbookawards2017.htm|title=2017 Haiku Society of America Merit Book Awards|website=www.hsa-haiku.org}}</ref>
*One of 4 Winners, e-Chapbook Awards, 2019 for "Arithmetic" <ref name="EBooks from Snapshot Press">{{Cite web|url=http://www.snapshotpress.co.uk/ebooks.htm|title = EBooks from Snapshot Press}}</ref>
* 3rd Place, The Marianne Bluger Book and Chapbook Awards 2024 for The Way A Poem Emerges: A Haiku Trinity & Beyond.<ref name= "Contests, Haiku Canada">{{Cite web|url=http://haikucanada.org/contests/bluger.php?page=bluger&lang=en | title=Welcome to Haiku Canada }}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*''Unwinding'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Missing Link, 1974)
*''Tell-tale Feathers'' (Fredericton, N. B., Canada: Fiddlehead, 1978) {{ISBN|0-920110-56-8}}
*''Endless Jigsaw'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Three Trees, 1978) {{ISBN|0-88823-015-X}}
*''A Snowman, Headless'' (Fredericton, N. B., Canada: Fiddlehead, 1979) {{ISBN|0-920110-84-3}}
*(ed.), ''Canadian Haiku Anthology'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Three Trees, 1979) {{ISBN|0-88823-017-6}}
*''Wingbeats'' (La Crosse, WI, USA: Juniper, 1979)
*''As Far As The Sea Can Eye'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: York, 1979) {{ISBN|0-920424-16-3}}
*''The Case of the Moonlit Goldust'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Three Trees, 1979) {{ISBN|0-88823-038-9}} Illustrated by Danielle Jones
*''This Morning's Mockingbird'' (Battle Ground, IN, USA: High/Coo, 1980) {{ISBN|0-913719-46-3}}; {{ISBN|978-0-913719-46-6}}
*''The Case of the Missing Heirloom'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Three Trees, 1980) {{ISBN|0-88823-027-3}}  Illustrated by Danielle Jones
*with [[Anita Krumins]], ''Quillby, The Porcupine Who Lost His Quills'' (Toronto: Three Trees Press, 1980) {{ISBN|0-88823-019-2}} Illustrated by Martin Lewis
*''Eye to Eye with a Frog'' (La Crosse, WI, USA: Juniper, 1981)
*''The Case of the Seaside Burglaries'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Three Trees, 1981) {{ISBN|0-88823-044-3}} Illustrated by Danielle Jones
*''The Modern English Haiku'' (Toronto: Columbine Editions, 1981) {{ISBN|0-919561-00-4}} Illustrated by [[Aiko Suzuki]]
*''All of Her Shadows'' (Battle Ground, IN, USA: High/Coo, 1982) {{ISBN|0-913719-55-2}}; {{ISBN|978-0-913719-55-8}}
*''The Case of the Downhill Theft'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Three Trees, 1982) {{ISBN|0-88823-049-4}} Illustrated by Paul Kantorek
*''Binary Poem'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Curvd H&Z, 1982)
*''Undertow'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Three Trees, 1982) {{ISBN|0-88823-050-8}}
*''Biased Sample'' (Toronto: The League of Canadian Poets, 1982)
*''Tick Bird: Poems for Children'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Three Trees, 1983) {{ISBN|0-88823-064-8}} Illustrated by [[Katherine Helmer]]
*''Frozen Breaths'' (Glen Burnie, MD, USA: Wind Chimes, 1983)
*(ed.), ''Cicada Voices: Selected Haiku of Eric Amann 1966-1979'' (Battle Ground, IN, USA: High/Coo, 1983) {{ISBN|0-913719-25-0}}
*''Flaking Paint'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Underwhich, 1983)
*''Bifids'' (Toronto, ON Canada: CURVD H&Z, 1984)
*''Night Tides'' (London, ON, Canada: South Western Ontario Poetry, 1984) {{ISBN|0-919139-19-1}}; {{ISBN|978-0-919139-19-0}}
*''Time Is Flies: Poems for Children'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Three Trees, 1984) {{ISBN|0-88823-090-7}} Illustrated by [[Darcia Labrosse]]
*''Dudley and the Birdman'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Three Trees, 1985) {{ISBN|0-88823-102-4}}) Illustrated by [[Gary McLaughlin]]
*''Dudley and the Christmas Thief'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Three Trees, 1986) {{ISBN|0-88823-123-7}} Illustrated by [[Allan Drew-Brook-Cormack|Allan]] and [[Deborah Drew-Brook-Cormack]]
*''High Wire Spider: Poems for Children'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Three Trees, 1986) {{ISBN|0-88823-111-3}} Illustrated by [[Victor Gad]]
*with [[Eric Amann]], [[LeRoy Gorman]], ''The Space Between'' (Glen Burnie, MD, USA: Wind Chimes, 1986) {{ISBN|0-941190-16-1}}
*''I Eat a Rose Petal'' (Aylmer, QC, Canada: Haiku Canada, 1987)
*''Multiple Personality'' (North Vancouver, BC, Canada: Silver Birch, 1987)
*''Leaping Lizard: Poems for Children'' (Stratford, ON, Canada: Three Trees, 1988) {{ISBN|0-88823-136-9}} Illustrated by [[Kimberley Hart]]
*with [[jwcurry]], ''Where Even the Factories Have Lawns'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Gesture, 1988) {{ISBN|0-920585-12-4}}
*''I Throw Stones at the Mountain'' (Glen Burnie, MD, USA: Wind Chimes, 1988)
*''Holes in My Cage: Poems for Young Adults'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Three Trees, 1989) {{ISBN|0-88823-147-4}}
*(ed.),''The Universe is One Poem: Four Poets Talk Poetry'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Simon & Pierre, 1990) {{ISBN|0-88924-224-0}}
*''I Want to Lasso Time'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Simon & Pierre, 1991) {{ISBN|978-0-88924-234-0}}
*''Leaving My Loneliness'' (Pointe Claire, QC, Canada: King's Road Press, 1992) {{ISBN|1-895557-03-8}}
*(ed.),''There will Always be a Sky'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Nelson Canada, 1993) {{ISBN|0-17-604273-3}}
*''Creativity. A New Psychology'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Wall & Emerson, 1993) {{ISBN|1-895131-11-1}}
*''The Psychology of Art : An Experimental Approach'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Canadian Scholar's, 1994) {{ISBN|1-55130-036-2}}
*with [[George Amabile]], [[Leonard Gasparini]], [[Seymour Mayne]], and [[Ted Plantos]], ''Five O'Clock Shadows'' (Toronto, ON, Canada: Letters Bookshop, 1996) {{ISBN|0-921688-13-X}}
*''My Shadow Doing Something'' (Enfield, CT, USA: Tiny Poems, 1997)
*''bugs'' (Napanee, ON, Canada: pawEpress, 1998)
*(ed. with Randy Brooks), ''Global Haiku: Twenty-Five Poets World-Wide'' (New York, NY, USA: Mosaic, 2000) {{ISBN|0-88962-713-4}}
*(ed. with Eva Tomaszewska, trans), ''Antologia Haiku Kanadyjskiego /"Canadian Haiku Anthology'' (Kraków, Poland: Wydawnictswo Krytiki Artsitycznej Miniatura, 2003) {{ISBN|83-7081-447-6}}
*''Almost Unseen: Selected Haiku'' (Decatur, IL, USA: Brooks Books, 2000) {{ISBN|0-913719-99-4}}
*''First Light, First Shadows'' (Liverpool, UK: Snapshot Press, 2006) {{ISBN|1-903543-19-3}}; {{ISBN|978-1-903543-19-1}}
*''Joy In Me Still'' (Edmonton: Inkling Press, 2010) {{ISBN|978-0-9810725-5-5}}
*''White Thoughts, Blue Mind'' (Edmonton: Inkling Press, 2010) {{ISBN|978-0-9810725-6-2}}
*(ed.), ''The Ultra Best Short Verse'' (Toronto: Beret Days Press, 2013) {{ISBN|978-1-897497-77-7}}
*''embryo: eye poems'' (Toronto: Iņšpress, 2013) {{ISBN|978-0-9881179-2-1}}
*(with Daniel Py, translator), ''Le Haïku moderne en Anglais'' (Rosny-sous-Bois: Éditions unicité, 2013) {{ISBN|978-2919232512}} {{in lang|fr}}
*''micro haiku: three to nine syllables'' (Toronto: Iņšpress, 2014) {{ISBN|978-0-9881179-0-7}}
*''helices'' (Winchester, VA: Red Moon Press, 2016) {{ISBN|978-1-936848-70-6}}
*(ed.),''The Ultra Best Short Verse 2016'' (Toronto: Beret Days Press, 2017) {{ISBN|978-1-926495-37-8}}
*(with Francisco José Craveiro de Carvalho, translator), ''um mosquito no meu braço''(Leça da Palmeira, Portugal: Poetas da Eufeme #03)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eufeme.weebly.com/|title=Inicio|website=EUFEME}}</ref>
*(ed. with Terry Ann Carter), ''Erotic Haiku: Of Skin On Skin'' (Windsor, ON, Canada: Black Moss Press, 2017) {{ISBN|978-0-88753-577-2}}
*''Arithmetic''<ref name="EBooks from Snapshot Press"/>
*''Endangered Metaphors''(Højby, Denmark: Bones Library, 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bonesjournal.com/essays/index.html|title = Bonesjournal - essays}}</ref>
*(with Sina Sanjari, translator of 50 haiku into Persian)''Mist At Both Ends Of The Bridge''(Vancouver, B.C.:Shahrgon Magazine, pp.&nbsp;19,20)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filedn.com/lLjNRrepJHwmbM2674XuSpk/flipbooks/shahrvandbc/2021/1622/flipbook/index.html|title=1622|website=filedn.com}}</ref>
*''The Way A Poem Emerges: A Haiku Trinity & Beyond'' (Toronto: Lett Press, 2022) {{ISBN|9780988117938}}

==External links==
*[http://www.georgeswede.com Home] Personal Website

==References==
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