Poetry

December 2023 / Poetry

No Host

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

torched and resurrected / in a circle of ash—

Poetry / September 2018

People Plan

December 20, 2023 - by Matthew Tierney

Is there any measure more biblical / than a stone’s throw?

Poetry / September/October 2023

Sonnet

November 2, 2023November 1, 2023 - by Chris Banks

Things detached from names can be seen, witnessed, / but naming things sates the hunger God’s absence leaves

Poetry / September/October 2023

And so live ever—

October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 - by Ali Blythe

For one moment / we’re held, just so.

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 13, 2024 - by The Walrus Staff

Sizzling new fiction and poetry to enjoy in the sun

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