Poetry
On the First Day
all us kids had to do it eh / / a lot of us cried / all huddled together like sheep / bleating and pushing / trying to melt into each...
The Accent
He shakes your hand / in a crowded room, he shakes / your hand and leans in close / to whisper I like your accent. / / A long moment while...
Lightsinthenight
Moving right along from thoughts / of orca feeding down the food chain / to aboriginal dancers moving the crowd / with superman & zorba / to the mass graves of Canada...
Heron
In the twilight, witching hour, / a white heron turns a darkening pond / into a fancy cocktail, burst of white / delicate as a swizzle stick, a chive blossom, / a...
That Humming Bird Winks Green
The sky’s blue eye blinks awareness: okay. / The heron’s paper legs / cut a fine pencil drawing — / how many wing strokes / to complete the picture? / / Who...
When the Sky Flumed
you slipt from night a hempen bag the morning ran / sacked with the first messy lightit was time you saidtime to up and vamoose / your warm body on the loose you ran knowing the...
Dogs in Cars
Dogs locked in cars while their masters shop / are all reduced, their territory circumscribed / they feel they are abandoned, left powerless / their only weapon left to them their voice....
Turning 30 Twice Over
Yukio Mishima swore he’d die a beautiful corpse. / It was the age. The sixties feared the thirties. / At thirty something you got over it / And now that you approach...
Contest Winner
Fall Guys
Despite their common name, scapegoats / are seen in the spring and summer. / / Take note: the fact that you got dumped / on your anniversary means nothing to the...