BOOKS BY DANIEL STANIFORTH 

Weaver in the Sluices: Selected Poems	DIDDLE
Skylight Press ISBN: 978-1-908011-08-4 128 pages	Skylight Press ISBN: 978-1-908011-18-3 80 pages
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What other authors say about Daniel's Books"

"Daniel Staniforth's book of poems Weaver in the Sluices is an intermixing of zones where the light of the waking body rises and transmixes its power with falling uranian whispers. These poems exist at the cusp where both realities overspill and condense, making fleeting forays into the unsayable."
— Will Alexander

"In Weaver in the Sluices, Daniel Staniforth pulls variously from Bardictradition, contemporary lament, and surrealist landscapes to "filter thenutrients of thought." The poet invokes erotic passion and political protest alike, all while navigating the "midriff of the sun," "star-widths of fancy," and the "nape of the sea." In these poems, such wonders shift continually between foreground and background to portray a world where, ultimately, "the hollows subsume the shape."
— Elizabeth Robinson,

"Composer and musical producer as well as poet, what strikes me most profoundly about Staniforth's work is his training as a musical instrument luthier, a skill as sensitive as it is intuitive. For it is this sensitivity and intuition, this fine-tuning, that is most uniquely present in Weaver in the Sluices. These poems spring resonant from the page. It is especially in the imagery of the longer pieces that the poet's originality shines. A book to be savoured!"
— Margaret Randall

"There is a strong current of Englishness weaving through Daniel's work and a deep connection with natural magic and the soul of the land, but it is diverse enough to take in the bleak and the gritty as well as his finely crafted dreamworlds."
— Rebecca Wilby

"Diddle is packed with stories that fully articulate their premise and characters, coil like a spring, and then come to fruition when you least expect it. They have a genuine and original rhythm, one that will make you think differently about what fiction can do."
— Brian Evenson

"With the poise and spark of a master storyteller, Daniel Staniforth presents an alchemical phantasmagoria of loosely connecting figures moving like ghosts on the liminality of their adopted culture. Tempered always with warmth and wit, Diddle achieves a lightness of narrative touch which shimmers over the profundity of human experience for the detached and displaced."
— Rebecca Wilby

Daniel's poetry has also appeared in:

Rogue Poetry Review
The Houston Literary Review
In Stereo Press Audio Zine
Monkey Puzzle Press
TRICKHOUSE
Not Enough Night

SONIC POEMSCAPES

As a writers and composers, Daniel Staniforth and Rebsie Fairholm like to craft
"Sonic Poemscapes,” hybrid pieces that cloak the spoken word with an array of sound treatments - anywhere from ethereal to disturbing.

RUINS with Margaret Randall

RUINS Promotional Video

(Click on the photos to listen to more Sonic Poemscapes)

"Mystical Eyes" by Daniel Staniforth	"Staggering Space" by Daniel Staniforth	"Garden of Love" by William Blake	"Opus Dei" - adapted from William Blake's "Marriage of Heaven and Hell"	"New Moon Alchymy" - adapted from Dylan Thomas' "In the Beginning"
Omar Nasr: drums, synthesizers Daniel Staniforth: vocals	Daniel Staniforth: synthesizers, vocals	Rebsie Fairholm: vocals Daniel Staniforth: vocals, cello, Recorder	Rebsie Fairholm: vocals Daniel Staniforth: Cello	Rebsie Fairholm: vocals Daniel Staniforth: organ, drums, bass, vocals

"The Ruin" - Anonymous 8th Century Old English Poem	"Ode to a Watch in the Night" by Pablo Neruda	"La Dicha (Joy)" by Jorge Luis Borges	"Anonymo" - adapted from Allen Ginsberg's "Indian Journals"	"Chiasm" - adapted from Octavio Paz' "Maithuna"
Daniel Staniforth: synthesizers, vocals	Rebsie Fairholm: vocals Daniel Staniforth: synthesizers, cello	Randolf Ambrose: drums, synthesizers Daniel Staniforth: vocals	Josh Bagel: drums, synthesizers, Daniel Staniforth: bells, samples, recorder, vocals	Daniel Staniforth: guitars, bass, drums, vocals

See the new videos for "The Ruin" and "Staggering Space"

Here is a collection of Live Readings & Performances:
(Click on the links to listen)

G-Spot Performed at Naropa University, July 11th 2009.
Poetry by Anne Waldman - Cello by Daniel Staniforth

Improvosition for Cello & Piano Performed at Naropa University, July 11th,2009.
Cello by Daniel Staniforth - Piano by Rodrigo Gonzalez

Wild is the Wind Performed at the LAUNCH Concert, June 12th 2009
Vocals & Guitar by Daniel Staniforth - Saxaphone by Mark Miller

Fireworks at Makr-al-Deeb by Daniel Staniforth at Naropa University, July 4th 2008
(includes some graphic language)

3 Poems by Pierre Joris at Naropa University, July 11th 2008
with piano duet by Daniel Staniforth & Soledad D'Costa

3 Poems by Raymond Federman at Naropa University, July 11th 2008,
with piano duet by Daniel Staniforth & Rodrigo Gonzalez