Robert Gibbs

by George Dance

Robert Gibbs (born February 3, 1930) is a Canadian poet.

Life
He began teaching English at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) in 1963, and served as a Director of its Creative Writing Graduate Programme. He is now a Professor Emeritus of UNB.

Poetry
The Tongue Still Dances: Poems New and Selected. (Fiddlehead Poetry Books/Goose Lane Editions, 1985.
 * Five New Brunswick Poets (Elizabeth Brewster, Fred Cogswell, Robert Gibbs, Alden Nowlan, Kay Smith). Fredericton, NB: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1962.
 * The Road From Here. New Brunswick Chapbooks, 1968.
 * Earth Charms Heard So Early. Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1970.
 * A Dog in a Dream. New Brunswick Chapbooks, 1971.
 * A Kind of Wakefulness. Fiddlehead Poetry Books/Goose Lane Editions, 1973.
 * All This Night Long. Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1978.
 * Earth Aches ([[chapbook). Wild East, 1991; reprinted by Broken Jaw Press, 1995.
 * The Essential Robert Gibbs. Erin: The Porcupine's Quill, 2012.

Fiction

 * I Always Felt Sorry for Decimals (stories). Oberon Press, 1978.
 * A Mouthorgan for Angels (fantasy). Oberon Press, 1984.

Edited
An Exchange of Gifts: Poems by Alden Nowlan, New and Selected. (Irwin, 1985.

Anthologized

 * Easterly. Sixty Atlantic Writers. Academic Press, 1983.
 * The Atlantic Anthology, Volume II. Ragweed Press, 1985.
 * Ninety Seasons: Modern Poets from the Maritimes (coeditor). McClelland & Stewart, 1974.

Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the League of Canadian Poets.