Lorne Daniel | Writer
people, place, connection
What is Broken Binds Us
Coming September 2025
What is Broken Binds Us is a collection of poems of the disruptions and emotional tremors that shape us: families broken and dispersed, the ancestry of slavery and conquest, addiction and estrangement, and the shocks of bodily trauma. What is Broken Binds Us shares stories of loss, absence, acceptance, and hope.
BIO
Lorne Daniel is a Canadian of Scottish and American ancestry. His poetry and non-fiction have been widely published in Canada, the U.S. and U.K.
Lorne has been deeply engaged in the literary community since helping lead the emergence of a Canadian prairie poetry scene in the 1970s. He has written four books of poetry, edited anthologies and literary journals, and published freelance journalism over the years.
A veteran writer and editor, in recent years Lorne has chosen to ‘begin again as a novice,’ through writing programs at a number of universities in the U.S. and Canada.
Bruce Hunter, Galestro
"I’ve followed Lorne Daniel’s work for a lifetime. He hails from the land of Robert Kroetsch, the long line, the long poem and the long vista. He is the trusted friend with a wise and gentle hand on the wheel, always listening, a sure eye on the horizon, through wind storm or whiteout, he’s there."
Kelli Russell Agodon, Dialogues with Rising Tides and Accidental Devotions
"With language that ranges from stark and precise to lyrical and expansive, Daniel explores the intimate moments where things break down—be it the body, relationships, or the natural world. His poems shift from the personal to the universal, with deep emotional resonance."
Yvonne Blomer, Death of Persephone
"The art here is in how the deeply personal and painful is held, almost constrained, within the container of sharp exact language and metaphor; like the Mariana Trench, with its profound depths, as well as its potential to shift."