A hockey memoir in poetry from the Cold War to the present in Canada, the USA, the USSR, and China, from Gravenhurst, Muskoka, to Dalian, featuring the big themes -- love and death.

Winter, Again: The WorldÕs Longest Hockey Poem is Book Two Of The Longest Poem In Canada, by Martin Avery. Winter, Again alludes to Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, And Spring, Again. It's an epic poem about waking up, working on enlightenment, while checking out hockey online. It incorporates the greatest in hockey history and a poet's connection to the game after years of Zen training.

BethuneÕs War In China: In His Own Words (Poetry Notes For A New Novel) by Martin Avery is the result of the author's attempt to channel Dr. Norman Bethune to get his side of the story re: his work in the mountains of China.

A Writer In Exile In China: Poems About A Writers Lfe, by Martin Avery, is a book of poetry by a Canadian author in China who is happy to be there!

Gretzky Versus Orr (In China): Poetry On Ice, by Martin Avery, describes two Canuck expats in China rehashing that same old argument about who was the greatest hockey player in the history of the sport. A book boys will love!

Kaifaqu, I Love You: A Canadian Poet In China, by Martin Avery, is a collection of poems about love and enlightenment set in a city of seven million between the Black Mountains and the Yellow Sea, called Dalian, in a special part of the city that has an urban core like Manhattan with a mountain backdrop called Daheishan or Big Monk Mountain.