Literary Revelations is thrilled to announce that in 2027, we will publish an exceptional poetry collection authored by Canadian artist Vasile Trif and entitled The Dialysis of Light.
Poems from the Dialysis of Light – Vasile Trif
Morning
Your tender foot
blessed at dawn
by the cool clay
is wounded by the very tender mirrors of the waters
your heel, now pierced by the twilight
bleeds the Milky Way
Haiku
Anchored in my own body
sailing ship in a harbor
The wall of the amphora
How to go beyond the pane of the amphora
which kisses and heals the drought
}to pierce the fabric
to leave my straitjacket
screaming mad, I am
seeing
and saying
what is
what I am
Vasile Trif – Bio
VASILE TRIF was born in 1975, in Baia Mare, Maramureș, Romania and currently lives in Canada. He is an Orthodox priest at the “Saint Great Martyr Pantelimon” Church in Saint-Eustache, Quebec. He holds a degree in theology and philosophy. He also holds a master’s degree in theology from Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. In 2007, he enrolled in the Faculty of Social Work at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Having a degree in this field, he also works in the Canadian health system.
In 2002, he debuted with the poetry volume The Prodigal Son at Risoprint Publishing House in Cluj-Napoca. His second collection of poetry, a bilingual (Romanian-French) collection entitled Pescuirea minunată/The Miraculous Catch, was published in 2024. His poems are accompanied by his artwork
Published in several literary magazines in Romania and abroad. He is present in various anthologies: An Anthology of Maramures Poetry: From Popular Poetry to Contemporary Poetry(2009), by the poet Nicolae Pauna Scheianu, Ethnologica Publishing House (2010); Anthology of Contemporary Literature, Globart Universum Publishing House, Montreal (2020); three American anthologies: Hidden in Childhood: A Poetry Anthology, Literary Revelations Publishing House – Gabriela Marie Milton (2023); Petals of Haiku: An Anthology, Literary Revelations Publishing House – Gabriela Marie Milton(2024); Tranquility: An Anthology of haiku, Literary Revelations Publishing House – Gabriela Marie Milton (2025).
Vasile has been attending the Atelier d’Arts Anciens Valuarda School of Fine Arts since 2012, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He presented icons on glass in 2015, as part of the collective exhibition À la rencontre de l’Invisible, organized in collaboration with Le Musée des métiers d’art in Quebec (MUMAQ). He participated with works and in 2019, within the L’amitié spirituelle Exhibition.
On November 19, 2019, he has his first solo exhibition, entitled Immersion, with 50 works made in mixed media at the Queens of the Arts Gallery in Montreal.
In 2022, he participates in 44 Art Events – Rassemblement des Arts de Montréal, with works in mixed media!. He exhibits, that same year, in a group exhibition, at the Boa-Bob Oré Gallery. The curator of the exhibition is art critic André Seleanu.
On the occasion of the Montreal International Jazz Festival, in July 2023, he participates with works in a group and solo exhibition at the Gesù Center at the Jesuit Cathedral, the curator of the exhibition being Professor Dr. Norman Cornett.
Since 2024, he has been exhibiting on the galleries of the Maël Galerie Gallery in Montreal.
In October 2024: participation in the group exhibition: Exile – BOA Gallery, Montreal. Exhibition curator: Monique Brunet-Weimann
In Octobre 2024: participation in group show: ANTISYMMETRIC – Romanian-Canadian Perspectives in Contemporary Art, The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, USA.
Accolades
Alexandre Loeboef – Writer, essayist and professor of philosophy :
“Vasile Trif infuses his poetry with a philosophical power worthy of those ancient initiatory rituals which, far from asserting static and dull truths, unveil universes in motion, kaleidoscopic and complex, where light becomes color and wonder, where the curious human being discovers themselves as an enigma bathed in the tumult of a sea of mysteries. In short, Trif’s poetry, as lucid as it is dreamy, as immanent as it is transcendent, both gentle and tragic, will offer each reader the salutary opportunity for genuine reflection. Banquet or sacrifice, winter or spring, day or night, life or death: this work is a labyrinthine tapestry where the path to meaning is unique to each individual.”
Cătălin Domniteanu – visual artist:
“Vasile Trif’s art embarks on a profound odyssey, charting the spaces between material and spiritual realms. His work delves into interference, traversing boundaries between inner and outer worlds. With profound spirituality, Trif’s art initiates a journey of self-discovery, retrieving fragments of the divine.(…) His art is a testament to creativity’s transformative power, illuminating the path to beauty, meaning, and deeper understanding.”
Cătălin Domniteanu, ANTISYMMETRIC – Romanian-Canadian Perspectives in Contemporary Art, The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, USA, 202
Vasile Trif – The Artist
Jon us in admiring his beautiful poetry and art.
Gabriela Marie Milton
Author, Founder, and Editor in Chief of Literary Revelations
Our Awards
OUR BOOKS
- Haiku and Tanka: Lull, Harmony and Power in Japanese Art
- Fine art Photography: Lullscapes in Light and Shadow
- Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku
- Celebrating Poetry by Cindy Georgakas
- Full Moon Confessions: Poetry by Tracey Anne
- Petals of Haiku: An Anthology
- Hidden in Childhood: A Poetry Anthology
- Echoes Lost in Stars: Poems by PS Conway
- Love, Stars, and Paradigms: Poems by Swarn Gill
- Building Sandcastles by C.X. Turner and James Welsh
- Greenlandos by Virginia Witch