Most Recent: December 4, 2013
Kirk R. Miles’ poems have been produced on CBC’s Alberta Anthology and his poetry has been published in journals across Canada. As a playwright he has earned recognition for his work including a playwriting award from Alberta Culture for co-writing the critically acclaimed Juggler on a Drum and in June of 2009 Kirk Miles won the Writers Guild of Alberta Screenwriters Award for a screenplay entitled Shadow Maker. A book of poetry, The Last Six Minutes of Elvis, was published by Touchwood Press in 2002, and, in 2009, of ash of brick of water was published by Plan-B House. In the fall of 2007, Bravo aired a half hour special on his life as a poet, playwright and clown. His spoken word show with Ken Sinclair is called midnight yoga for alcoholics and has been seen at several festivals and events through out Alberta. A frequent participant of the Banff Leighton Artist Colony, Hotel on the Cliffs on the Heart was completed in 2011 and published by B House publishers. Presently he is working hard on a manuscript of poems about the holocaust called Moving Dust>/i>. In 2012 Kirk Won the Golden Beret Award a lifetime achievement award in poetry presented by the Calgary International Spoken Word Festival.