Poetry

A photograph of the poet, a man with his chin in his hand and looking toward the right of the frame, against a periwinkle-blue background.

June 2024 / Poetry

Recess

June 7, 2024 - by David O'Meara

Beyond hopscotch chalked-out boxes, / gravel started, then a diamond

Black and white photograph of Virginia Konchan against a purple background.

Poetry

Second Nature

May 31, 2024May 30, 2024 - by Virginia Konchan

What about my flower nature? / Chrysanthemum, peony, rose?

May 2024 / Poetry

Emergency Exit

May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 - by Kayla Czaga

I told Lenny to quit teasing my servers. / I picked Gala apples. I picked Suncrisp apples.

A black and white photo of Chuqiao Yang against a blue backdrop

May 2024 / Poetry

The View

April 12, 2024April 11, 2024 - by Chuqiao Yang

Someone shudders with news of their ruptured / heartbreak

A black-and-white portrait of Michael Ondaatje with a beige background

March/April 2024 / Poetry

Two Poems by Michael Ondaatje

February 20, 2024February 16, 2024 - by Michael Ondaatje

a bowl to beg with, / a howl to scent a friend

January/February 2024 / Poetry

Definition

February 15, 2024February 14, 2024 - by Rhea Tregebov

Though there is / the buttercup war I keep waging, kneeling

January/February 2024 / Poetry

I Pass His School during Lunch

February 8, 2024 - by Matthew Tierney

I first spot his jacket. Like a binary star

December 2023 / Poetry

Frass

February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 - by Susan Glickman

Problems multiply unnoticed / in the lea of our preoccupations

December 2023 / Poetry

Things to Do around Banff When You’re Black

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 - by Michael Fraser

Act surprised whenever bartenders or / wait staff reveal they’re Aussies

December 2023 / Poetry

No Host

January 9, 2024January 9, 2024 - by Jim Johnstone

torched and resurrected / in a circle of ash—

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