THE OZONE MINOTAUR (poems)
Sono Nis Press, Vancouver, 1969.

“A responsible and entertaining book of poems, with a definite striving for a tone and a style that pleases the mind as well as the ear and the eye. In the final analysis I think it is the mind that is most pleased, which for my money is as it should be. Schroeder’s preoccupation with the ambiguities of existence made tangible, almost plastic, through the juxtaposition of concepts and words is the happy and intelligent exercise of the aware and sensitive man.”  George Jonas, poet/author/radio & tv documentarist.

“What makes The Ozone Minotaur so excellent is its taut power; it is a precision watchspring wound so tightly that to read it is to sense the capacity of the verse suddenly and violently to let go; it is to enter the cell with the machinery of the world’s violent Zeitgeist, to feel and see its tick and tock, and to be horribly fascinated at what it might trigger.”  Alan Shucard, Canadian Literature.

“This is a good book, and an important one.  Schroeder is one of a new breed of Canadian poets, who can take what they need from the European avant-garde, without finding it necessary to huddle under the banner of a particular school or movement. These hard metallic pieces of writing form a  menacing whole, and make a very distinctive contribution to the international poetry scene.” Paul Green, poet & literary critic; The Vancouver Sun.