Current Issue

Fall 2025

Fall. Vol. 48 No.2

Poetry

Poem by Way of Example

By Josiah Nelson
For instance shoes. For instance feet in shoes on tiptoes to kiss. For instance fingers interlocking. For instance a thin layer of sweat between hands. For instance atoms never quite touching other...

Sonnet for a Tropical Snake

By Lindsay Bird
It took six whole children to hold the snake aloft, its skin like a bean of August swelled by buckets of squealing guinea pigs, or whatever an anaconda might need to keep...
Contest Winner

Scar Tissue

By Andrea Scott
First Place, 2024 Foster Poetry Prize For ten days I hung around on all fours, crafted a “tunes for birthing” mixtape of feminist singer-songwriters, then choked down a cocktail of castor oil...

Reviews

Devotional Forensics by Joseph Kidney

Reviewed by Chris Johnson

i feel that way too by jaz papadopoulos

Reviewed by hannah godfrey

Bonememory by Anna Veprinska

Reviewed by Liam Monaghan

The Loom by Andy Weaver

Reviewed by Olive Andrews

News

Poetry Zine-Making Workshop With Anneliese Shoppe!

By Contemporary Verse 2
Sunday, November 9th from 12 - 4PM! Open to youth in Winnipeg ages 16 to 18, this free, in-person zine-making...

One Month Until the Foster Prize Early Bird Deadline!

By Contemporary Verse 2
Are you an emerging poet (of any age) who has not yet published a full-length poetry collection? Submit your work...

Join us for the launch of the Summer Issue!

By Contemporary Verse 2
You're invited to the launch of the Summer 2025 issue! Featuring beautiful, Winnipeg-summer-celebratory cover photography by Julio César Assis, this...