Laura Lush (born 1959) is a Canadian poet and short story writer."Lush: From worm girl to poet". The Guardian, October 11, 1997. She is most noted for her 1992 poetry book Hometown, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1992 Governor General's Awards."Governor-General's literary nominees". Montreal Gazette, November 6, 1992.
She has since published the poetry collections Fault Line (1997)"The collective confessional lives". Toronto Star, May 9, 1998. and The First Day of Winter (2003),"Liturgies of Ice". Ottawa Citizen, February 2, 2003. and the short story collection Going to the Zoo (2003)."Lush prose: Poetic style enhances loopy humour". Victoria Times-Colonist, February 23, 2003.
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