Fonds consists of work created and published by George Swede. Included are poetry, books, and pamphlets.

File consists of published copies of poetry books written by George Swede. Published by a variety of publishers and in a variety of formats.

Sub-series contains 4 books from George Swede's kids series of books about Sherlock the bloodhound and his partner Watson the Cat.

File contains 1 copy of the book "Sherlock the bloodhound detective (with Watson, the Cat) in the Case of the Missing Heirloom".

File contains 1 copy of the book "Sherlock the bloodhound detective (with Watson, the Cat) in the Case of the Seaside Burglaries".

File contains 1 copy of the book "Sherlock the bloodhound detective (with Watson, the Cat) in the Case of the Moonlit Gold Dust".

File contains 1 copy of the book "Sherlock the bloodhound detective (with Watson, the Cat) in the Case of the Downhill Theft".

File contains one copy of the book "A Snowman, headless" written by George Swede.

File contains 1 copy of the book "All of her Shadows".

File contains 1 copy of the book "As Far as the Sea Can Eye".

File contains #15/15 handmade editions of "BIFIDS" signed by the author and illustrator. Also in the file is a small of a CURVD H&Z booklet.

File contains 1 copy of the book "Endless Jigsaw".

File contains 1 copy of "Eye to Eye with a Frog".

File contains 2 copies of "Flaking Paint".

File contains 2 copies of "Frozen Breaths".

File contains 1 copy of the children's poetry book "High Wire Spiders". Poems were written by George Swede and the book was illustrated by Victor Gad.

File contains 1 copy of the book "Night Tides".

File contains 1 copy of the book "Tell-Tale Feathers".

File contains 1 copy of the book "This Morning's Mockingbird".

File contains 1 copy of the book "Holes in my Cage" poems for young adults.

File contains 1 copy of the book "Tick Bird" poems for children. The book was illustrated by Katherine Helmer.

File contains 1 copy of the book "Time is Flies" poems for children. The book was illustrated by Darcia Labrosse.

File contains 1 copy of the book "Leaping Lizards". The book was illustrated by Kimberley Hart.

File contains 1 copy of the book "Multiple Personality". Book is a small blue cardstock book with poems on white cardstock inserted into the pages.

File contains 1 copy of the book "The Space Between" by George Swede, Eric Amann, and LeRoy Gorman.

File contains 1 copy of the book "Unwinding".

File contains 1 copy of the book "I Want to Lasso Time".

File contains 1 copy of the book "Leaving my Loneliness".

File contains 1 copy of the book "Where Even the Factories Have Lawns" by jwcurry and George Swede.

File contains 1 copy of the book "five o'clock shadows" by George Swede, George Amabile, Leonard Gasparini, Seymour Mayne, Ted Plantos.

File contains 1 copy of the book "My Shadow Doing Something".

File contains 1 copy of the book "Almost Unseen" - a selection of poetry by George Swede. The book was edited by Randy M. Brooks.

File contains 1 copy of the book "First Light, First Shadows". This book is his first full book of tanka poetry. Book was edited by John Barlow.

File contains 1 copy of the book "Micro Haiku - three to nine syllables".

File contains 1 copy of the novel "Undertow" by George Swede.

Sub-series contains 2 books in a series about a child named Dudley. Both are authored by George Swede.

File contains 1 copy of the children's book "Dudley and the Birdman". Authored by George Swede and illustrated by Mary McLoughlin.

File contains 1 copy of the children's book "Dudley and the Birdman". Authored by George Swede and illustrated by Allan and Deborah Drew-Brook-McCormack.

File contains 1 copy of the book "The Modern English Haiku". The book is an introduction to the history of and information on haiku poetry.

File contains 1 copy of the book "Quillby the porcupine who lost his quills". The book was written by George Swede and Anita Krumins. The book was illustrated by Martin Lewis.

File contains 1 copy of the book "Creativity a new psychology".

1 copy of the book 'Helices' by George Swede. This collection of George Swede's haiku, tanka, and haibun won The Leroy & Mildred Kanterman Memorial Book Award, First Place in the 2017 Haiku Society of America Merit Book Awards.

1 copy of the booklet "Un Mosquito No Meu Braço" by George Swede. A collection of micro haiku, haiku, and tanka in Portuguese and English.

One copy of Le Haiku Moderne En Anglais, which includes translations into French of three of George Swede's books: The Modern English Haiku (1981), Almost Unseen (2000) and Joy in me Still, (2010).

Two copies of The Way A Poem Emerges: A Haiku Trilogy & Beyond.

File contains haiku sheets, brochures, cards and papers featuring the poetry of George Swede. Included in the file is

• Wind Chimes Press Haiku, Sheet V ;
• Small booklet containing a poem by Mr. Swede and printed by Silver Birch Press ;
• Brochure from The League of Canadian Poets with Mr. Swede's poetry ;
• Haiku Canada sheet entitled, "I eat a rose petal" ;
• Several leaflets from Guardian Angel Press featuring Mr. Swede poems and those of Mr. John W. Curry (poet and publisher) ;
• Several leaflets from CURVD H&Z featuring Mr. Swede's poetry.

Series contains articles, chapters, and poetry written by George Swede and published in a variety of anthologies, journals, and books.

One copy of the poetry anthology 'haiku mind'. George Swede poem and essay on page 191.

One copy of the winter 2018 / 2019 issue of Canadian literary journal, 'event'. George Swede poems on page 36-38.

One copy of the poetry anthology, 'the tanka anthology'. George Swede poems on page 170-175.

One copy of the Spring 2015 issue of American Poetry journal, 'rattle'. George Swede poems on page 55.

One copy of the Winter 2017 issue of American Poetry journal, 'rattle'. George Swede poem on page 39.

One copy of the book, 'A History of Modern Haiku'. George Swede mentioned on pages 21, 41, 52, 61, 62, 65, 76, 88, 101, 123, 128, 129.

One copy of the book, 'Haiku in English'. George Swede poems on pages 76-78 and is mentioned in the introduction on p.xxxiii and the overview on page 341.

File contains 1 copy of the journal "Modern Haiku". George Swede's article "Elite Haiku: Hybrids of Nature and Human Content" is published together with 2 other articles under title "Three Articles on Senryu vs Haiku" starting on page 59 of the journal.

File contains 1 copy of "Haiku san frontieres - une anthologie mondiale". The book contains poetry for Haiko poets from Germany , England, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazile, Canada, Croatia, Spain, U. S. A., France, Greece, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Romania, Poland, Russia, Singapore, and Yugoslavia. A biography of and poetry by George Swede can be found on page 180.

File contains 1 copy of the literary magazine Mushimegane. Issue 14 commemorated the publication of "Haïku sans frontières: una anthologie mondiale", the first world-wide haiku anthology in history edited by André Duhaime in Canada. The publishers chose and translated works from around the world. George Swede's entry can be found on page 62.

File contains 1 copy of the book "This is My Best". The poem by George Swede "Magicians" is published on page 123 of the book.

File contains 1 copy of the book. George Swede's contribution "Haiku in 2094" can be found on page 92.

File contains 1 copy of the anthology "Here is a Poem - an anthology of Canadian poetry". George Swede's poems can be found on pages 23, 25, 26, 28, and 94.

File contains 1 copy of The Haiku Anthology edited by Cor Van Den Heuvel. George Swede's poetry can be found on pages 234-241.

File contains 1 copy of The Haiku Anthology edited by Cor Van Den Heuvel. George Swede's poetry can be found on pages 208-217.

File contains 1 copy of the book "Do Whales Jump at Night". George Swede had many poems published in this book including: circling higher (pg. 43); the windowsill cat (pg. 55); Crack of/the bat (pg. 76); Again, the bald barber (pg. 91); Around the Eyes (pg. 92); and Gas station attendant (pg. 93).

File contains one copy of the book "Erotic Haiku" edited by Rod Willmot and illustrated by Ed Roach and Phil McLeod. George Swede contributed several poems to the work.

File contains one copy of book "Haiku - Canadian Anthology" edited by Dorothy Howard and Andre Duhaime. George Swede's work can be found on page 203.

1 copy of the anthology for which George Swede was both contributor and co-editor with Terry Ann Carter. Over 230 haiku from 80 contributors and is a follow-up to the first anthology of erotic haiku published by Black Moss Press in 1983. George Swede's poems are on pages 45 and 46.

One copy of the journal 'Matrix - Haiku and Beyond', Issue 107. This is special issue by a long-running Canadian poetry periodical on innovation in English language haiku. George Swede's work is on pages 30 to 31.

One copy of 'Butterflight', Santa Rosa California, Two Autumns Press, 2017. This booklet was published by the Haiku Poets of Northern California in honour of the annual Two Autumns Reading in San Francisco, which in 2017 involved four poets, George Swede, being one of them.

One Copy of "Off The Beaten Track A Year in Haiku." London, UK: Boatwhistle Books. George Swede was one of the 12 poets invited to write a haiku for each day of a particular month and he became responsible for 31 haiku to depict the month of August.

One copy of the book, 'Imagination in Action' is a collection of "essays and musings on creativity" edited by Carol Malyon. George Swede's essay, "Tracks in the Sand - Why Do We Write" and "Why Haiku" appear on pages 56 - 61.

Included with the book is a letter from the editor to all contributors, and personalized to George, signed, 'Carol'.

File contains printouts of 12 essays that George Swede wrote for his column 'Tracks in the Sand' published in the online journal 'Simply Haiku: A Quarterly Journal of Japanese Short Form Poetry'.

The essays are:

• A Six Hundred Year Old Tree
• Plagiarism - The Haiku Community Delivers Swift Justice!
• Why Haiku?
• Why Do We Write?
• Who Really Wrote the First Western Haiku?
• Tracks in the Sand Autumn 2006 (untitled)
• Our Haiku/Tanka/Renga Niche
• Sand Fleas (or Sand Crabs)
• Experiskinno Japanese Short Form Poetry
• Haiku or Tanka?
• Death Haiku
• A Rising Tide

Series contains books edited by George Swede.

File contains 1 copy of the book "The Psychology of Art and Creativity" compiled and edited by George Swede. Preface of the book indicates its purpose as a course reader for the student enrolled in PSY 403 - The Psychology of Art and Creativity at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute.

File contains 1 copy of the book - The Universe is One Poem edited by George Swede. He is also one of the authors, along with Penn Kemp, Ted Plantos, and Yvonne Trainer.

File contains 2 copies of the book - Canadian Haiku Anthology, edited by George Swede. He is also a contributor in the book - page 86.

File contain 1 copy of the book Global Haiku. George Swede and Randy Brooks were the editors.

File contains 1 copy of the children's poetry book There Will Always be Sky. Poems in the book were selected by George Swede and the illustrations were completed by Chum McLeod. Poems contributed by George Swede "Dropping" on page 22; "After coming" on page 36; "All" on page 42; and "As Far" on page 46.

File contains 1 copy of the book Tanka Splendor 1997. George Swede acted as judge for this poetry contest held by AHA Books. This publication marks the 8th year of the contest.

"The journal Frogpond is an official serial publication of the Haiku Society of America. Its primary function is to publish the best in contemporary English-language haiku and senryu, linked forms including sequences, renku, rengay, and haibun, essays and articles on these forms, and book reviews." -- Journal about page. The first publication of the journal was in 1978.

George Swede with Anita Krumins were the first Canadian editors of Frogpond. Although Ms. Krumins was officially an Assistant Editor, in every capacity she was the Associate Editor. Their first issue was Volume 31 : 2 in 2008, ending with Volume 35 : 1, 2012.

See "From the Editors" on the last page of each issue for relevant details related to its issue or information in general.

File includes detailed bibliographic information documenting George Swede's published output in the fields of Psychology and Poetry.

1. George Swede - Bibliography for Periodicals, Anthologies, Collections, Miscellaneous Publications & Collaborations, 1969 - 2018

2. George Swede - Bibliography for Miscellaneous Activities - Editor, Critic, Host, Administrator, 1969 - 2017

3. George Swede - Bibliography for Awards, Reviews, Interviews, Media Miscellany, 1969 - 2018

4. George Swede - Psychology Bibliography, 1966 - 2017. George Swede - Fiction and Criticism Bibliography, 1979 - 2018

File consists of materials from The Second HIA-HSA (Haiku International Association-Haiku Society of America) Joint Haiku Conference of April 1997. It includes a program, talks and haikus presented along with translations into Japanese, and speeches with their Japanese translations.

File contains printouts of various interviews with George Swede, including:

1. Global Haiku Tradition, Milikin University, Spring 2002, Jane Milikin, "An Interview with George Swede"
2. The Toronto Quarterly, April 2011, "Toronto Poets - 5 Questions Series - George Swede"
3. The Toronto Quarterly, April 2011, "Poetry Month: George Swede - Joy in Me Still"
4. Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine, April 2012, "National Poetry Month - April 2012"
5. The Haiku Foundation, September 2015, "Bookstories 41: George Swede Found"
6. Ashvamegh, January 2016, "George Swede | Canadian Poet Interview | Ashvamegh: Interview with the poet George Swede"
7. India Latest News, May 2016, "George Swede on Poetry: #AlokTalksToPoet"
8. Contemporary Haibun Online, July 2019, "George Swede: Featured Writer"