Paul Joseph Vermeersch (born November 17, 1973)[1] is a Canadian poet.
His first collection, Burn (2000), was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award.
His subsequent collections, The Fat Kid (2002), Between the Walls (2005), The Reinvention of the Human Hand (2010, a finalist for the Trillium Book Award), and Don't Let It End Like This Tell Them I Said Something have all garnered critical praise.
Lounge in downtown Toronto, hosting authors from across North America.
He is now senior editor of Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd. Vermeersch teaches at Sheridan College in Mississauga.