Poetry

Image of the poet, Jason Guriel, a man with dark hair and glasses staring into the camera and smiling slightly. The photo is black and white; the background behind him is blue.

Poetry

The Full-Moon Whaling Chronicles

September 28, 2023September 28, 2023 - by Jason Guriel

The booth performed its scans. / The glass turned green: OKAY. She closed her eyes

Poetry

20 Years of The Walrus: Poetry

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023 - by Various Contributors

Karen Solie, Eric Ormsby, and Michael Fraser are just some of the fine poets who have appeared in our pages

July/August 2023 / Poetry

Map

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 - by Phillip Crymble

Together—in our solitudes—we’d throw the last / few bundles in the hatchback—cruise the boulevards

July/August 2023 / Poetry

Bird Brain

August 2, 2023August 1, 2023 - by Daniel Scott Tysdal

Perched on / the tips of my fingers, they watch me with chest-puffed / caution or cap-tilted curiosity

July/August 2023 / Poetry

Equality

August 2, 2023August 1, 2023 - by Farah Ghafoor

I knew I would become a murderer / the moment I hesitated, stunned by the aim / of its serrated glimmer

Fiction / July/August 2023 / Poetry

Summer Reading 2023

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 - by The Walrus Staff

Sizzling new fiction and poetry to enjoy in the sun

Randall Adjei performing at The Walrus Gala

Poetry

Who We Are Now

July 27, 2023 - by Randell Adjei

Who are we now that we know better than we did before?

A black-and-white photo of the poet, Eric Ormsby, who is a white-haired man wearing glasses and a collared shirt. The background is blue.

June 2023 / Poetry

A Portrait of the Pelican

July 18, 2023July 12, 2023 - by Eric Ormsby

When gobbling, this bird will snake mazurkas / with syncopated throat.

A photo of poet Molly Peacock against a red background

June 2023 / Poetry

Honey Crisp

July 11, 2023July 10, 2023 - by Molly Peacock

Hello soft wrinkled / face in my palms.

May 2023 / Poetry

Seascape with Buoy

May 2, 2023May 1, 2023 - by Vanessa Stauffer

It layers and piles, swells and doesn’t fall. / I can’t remember anything at all.

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