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A photo of the poet, Barbara Nickel. She has dark straight hair and is smiling at the camera. The background is bright yellow.

Poetry

Essential Tremor

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 - by Barbara Nickel

If only it were that: a little / trembling in the hand

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.

COVID-19 Couplets

May 23, 2020 - by Jason Guriel

On daily walks, we cut the neighbours swaths / Of space

A photograph of the poet, Bronwen Wallace, in black and white. She is wearing jeans, a white shirt, and a scarf tied around her neck. Her hands are in her pockets and she is smiling at the camera.

Arts & Culture / May 2020

The Poet Whose Work Helped Set the Stage for #MeToo

April 24, 2020April 27, 2020 - by Anita Lahey

Twenty-seven years after her death, Bronwen Wallace’s feminist poetry feels newly relevant

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.

March 2020 / Poetry

Autobiography

March 27, 2020 - by David O'Meara

Without design, the future shrugged. / I hoped I might find myself over there and not / be disappointed.

An image of the grand banks of Newfoundland, with a series of houses lining the perimeter of the banks. The photo is styled in red and pink hues, so the water appears a dark salmon colour and the houses and sky are paler shades of pink.

Arts & Culture

The Poet Who Warns Us Not to Revere the Past

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 - by Mark Callanan

The work of Newfoundland poet Tom Dawe tackles the dangers of nostalgia

A photo of the poet, who is smiling at the camera and has short, dark hair. Behind her is a lime-green and black background.

April 2020 / Poetry

Incantation

March 20, 2020 - by Sadiqa de Meijer

One hand pushes the swing, the other holds an open book, / paper valley of an elsewhere.

The poet, Nyla Matuk, stares up toward the right corner of the frame. She has dark hair and wears a dark jacket. The background is periwinkle blue.

Poetry

News Today

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 - by Nyla Matuk

Seafoam, that crabbed allure, / seen and heard along the byroad

A photograph of the poet, a dark-haired bearded man wearing sunglasses and smiling, against a bright orange background.

Poetry

Later Emperors

March 6, 2020 - by Evan Jones

We set the imperial pavilion / on fire, suggested it was lightning, / an act of god.

Tenille Campbell, the poet, smiles at the camera while wrapped in a shawl against a forest-green background.

October 2019 / Poetry

Thick Indigenous Women

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020 - by Tenille Campbell

we are curves spilling stories / against your lips

A man wearing a checkered blazer, glasses, and a fedora smiles and stares downward, against a bright pink background.

April 2019 / Poetry

Crossing the Seine

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 - by James Pollock

A thousand brazen love locks thronged the fences, / weird erotic spells inscribed with black magic / marker