Insomnia Bird

Kelly Shepherd has worked as a kindergarten teacher in South Korea, and a construction worker in northern Alberta. His first full-length poetry collection, Shift, was published by Thistledown Press in 2016 and longlisted for the Edmonton Public Library's People's Choice Award in 2017. He has written six poetry chapbooks, most recently A Hidden Bench (the Alfred Gustav Press, 2017). Kelly has a Creative Writing MFA from UBC Okanagan, and an MA in Religious Studies from the University of Alberta, with a thesis on sacred geography. Originally from Smithers, British Columbia, Kelly lives in Edmonton where he teaches at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. He is also the poetry editor for the environmental philosophy journal The Trumpeter.
Shepherd's previous publications include:
Hidden Bench (chapbook), the Alfred Gustav Press, Vancouver, spring 2017
Shift, Thistledown Press, 2016
The First Metaphor, chapbook and gallery exhibition of poetry and linocuts with visual artist Alison Kubbos. Shown in the Bleeding Heart Artspace, Edmonton AB, as part of the 2015 Edmonton Poetry Festival and in Gallery Vertigo, Vernon BC, summer 2014.
Fort McMurray Tricksters, The Alfred Gustav Press, Vancouver BC, 2014.
if one petal falls, Leaf Press, Lantzville BC, 2012 (Korean translation by Sunhyung Kwon).
the bony world, The Rasp and the Wine, Edmonton AB, 2010.
Circumambulations, Publishing Beyond Borders, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2003.