In Nature’s Fold: Animism in Poetry
Summer 2012. Vol. 35 No.1
To delve deeper into the relationship between poetry and nature, we are pleased to have celebrated Canadian poet John Steffler in conversation with poet and editor Sharon Caseburg.
Online content from this issue
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Dirty Snow
by Tom WaymanA spray of reddish dust: desiccated earth, Shreds of maple, hardened blood. Black particulate: charcoal, Ash sifted across meadow, stream... -
Cave Art
by John StefflerEarly March sun hot on the coffee table and my stocking feet, I’m looking at photos of iron oxide and... -
Yellowknife
by Ben LadouceurMy father underlines the words he doesn’t understand. Dear father, penultimate means next to last. Husband, as a verb, ... -
Vulpes
by Heather DavidsonI was a fox before you knew me. Felt things better with paws that gave in to each crevice of... -
Son, on the non-existence of the Triceratops
by Michelle BrownNo trilobites, no ammonites, no longer will I pray to a brontosaurus instead of the Christian god. I will not... -
blue jay
by Katherena Vermettepoised for flight, one small foot on the curb like a sprinter, this girl with such rough skin the colour... -
Drawbridge
by Laura MatwichukThe car hangs by a thread from the bascule leaf, emergency brake clenching metal, momentary stillness. Not much we can... -
Poetry Makes Love: On the Occasion of the Infinite in Poetry
by Julie C. RobinsonMary Oliver is a poet who gives her attention to her natural surroundings and to a presence that she finds... -
An Interview with John Steffler
Interviewed by Sharon CaseburgSharon Caseburg: You noted in a 2010 interview with Open Book: Toronto that “wilderness or the uncontrollable and the unexpected...