Poetry
Matrimony
i. The Mud Wife / / A green thumb for certain, though / a poor hand with a broom. She limps / when it rains, but fears the fire in /...
Sleepingblue
The night before I leave there is a storm. Wind, a train / down Nevsky that runs past us before we can turn / to see what it is. Street dirt bites...
windfarm
West of Fort Macleod, where Highway 3 / twists through the Foothills toward the Crowsnest Pass / row upon row of huge metal pillars / have been erected on the ridgelines, or...
deux poèmes
poème / Toute une semaine / sur les derniers détails / / les plus grands ravages / ne viennent pas des hautes eaux / / ici faisons en sorte /...
oliver chronicle
If you show George a picture of the Oliver Chronicle / on Highway 97 that you took when you drove / up from Osoyoos he will make you say / uh-saw-yuss until...
winter solistice, 2002 (excerpts)
I. / A green barbed phantom, / dotted with red and glitter / stands in metal, filled with water; / four screws gouge its trunk, / erect it / in the family...
“Une Nuit Trop Claire”
1. / Une nuit trop claire, / Mes yeux seront crevés. / Violemment, / Des fleurs jalonnent l’ombre. / / 2. / Les fleurs se courbent vers le soir. / Je...
Number 3
my noosim (grandson) asks / how do you say horse / mistatim / dog / atim / bird / pinaysis / wolf / maheecan / moon / I don’t know / my...
Number 4
am I still cree / or am I too fading / like the language / lost in translation /