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A photo illustration of Steven Heighton in front of a purple and green background

The author of nineteen books explains why success won’t make you happy

Greyscale photograph of Gary Barwin against a green background.

January/February 2022 / Poetry

Something Else

January 20, 2022 - by Gary Barwin

your urn was / exactly as you’d wanted

January/February 2022 / Poetry

The Climbing Vine

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 - by Karen Solie

the structure’s joints creaked / and the muscles stood out in the nails

Greyscale photograph of Bruce Taylor against a blue background.

December 2021 / Poetry

I’ve Had a Good Life. I’ve Been Water-Skiing

December 9, 2021 - by Bruce Taylor

Was all of this enough? / I won a game, I won a game again

A photo of poet Molly Peacock against a red background

December 2021 / Poetry

Today My Task Is the Codicil

November 23, 2021 - by Molly Peacock

I’ve had my pomegranate life. / Seeds sluicing red . . . Rose affection

Black and white portrait of Kayla Czaga against a green background.

December 2021 / Poetry

Coho

November 18, 2021 - by Kayla Czaga

My father knelt down at the river’s edge / to unhook it. He cupped it in his palms

Portrait of Lillian Allen. She is smiling with a metal, silver chain around her neck and dangly earrings. She is wearing a pastel blue print shirt, and her hair is cut short.

Arts & Culture / November 2021

The Influence of Dub Poet Lillian Allen Runs Deep

November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 - by Kaie Kellough

How a poet once relegated to the fringes helped fashion a new narrative of who a Canadian artist could be

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

November 2021 / Poetry

Joyride

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 - by Virginia Konchan

I came into this world bringing only paper, rope, shadow

Black and white photo of poet Matt Rader superimposed on an orange background.

Poetry / September/October 2021

We Knew What Was Coming

September 10, 2021 - by Matt Rader

We knew what was / Coming—the outburst / Of green

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