No. 296 (Summer Poetry 2023)
Posted on July 11, 2023
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Introduction
7 Sue Sinclair: Summer 2023 Editorial
Poetry
C'est comme duck-duck-goose. Ha!
11 Rose Després: Cette exécrée manie de gloire
Trans. Kathy Mac: That perverse passion for fame
Trans. Carlos Morales: Esta odiosa manía de gloria
14 Herménégilde Chiasson: Le parfum.
Trans. Katia Grubisic: Perfume
16 Christine Melanson: Entre Sackville et Truro
Trans. Jennifer Houle: Between Sackville and Truro
22 Joannie Thomas: La fille à Colette à Robert à John
26 Khalid El Morabethi: Articule Panda
Trans. Simon Brown: Articulate Panda
28 Sarah Marylou Brideau: Perdre le fil
Trans. Kathy Mac: Lose the Thread
Trans. Roger Moore: Losing Track
A Myth in the Early Hours
37 Faith Arkorful: Two Poems
39 Karen Solie: Three Poems
44 Lisa Russ Spaar: Five Poems
49 Jim Johnstone: Anniversary Elegy
50 Ali Blythe: Three Poems
53 Mark Truscott: Three Poems
56 Grace: Two Poems
58 Adam Tavel: [I OEDIPUS am learning . . .]
59 Derrick Austin: June 2021
62 Patricia Young: Three Poems
65 Andy Weaver: The tree across the street
66 John Barton: Three Poems
72 Sadiqa de Meijer: Jesse’s Farm II
75 Anne Simpson: Two Poems
A Volta About Hunger
81 Kim Addonizio: Two Poems
83 Lisa Robertson: from Notebooks of a She-Dandy
93 Cameron Anstee: Three Poems
96 Shelly Harder: Even Bones
99 Meghan Kemp-Gee: Three Poems
103 Marc Perez: Two Poems
105 Matthew Gwathmey: Van Sant
106 Jane Shi: Two Poems
112 Cory Lavender: Lawson Roy on the Price of Lobster
113 Akshi Chadha: Two Poems
116 Chris Banks: Two Poems
119 Adam Dickinson: Two Poems
In the Mind's Tall Grass
127 Sylvia Legris: Lines with a corresponding suborder songbird
131 Claire Goulet: Three Poems
134 Richard Tillinghast: How to Get Here
135 Dan O’Brien: from Survivor’s Notebook
137 Laboni Islam: Two Poems
140 Dawn MacDonald: Sitting by the Kettle Lake Each Evening
142 Leontia Flynn: Three Poems
146 Erin Knight: Three Poems
149 Cassidy McFadzean: Poem With No Perspective
152 Boris Dralyuk: Two Poems
155 Kayla Czaga: Three Poems
159 Dave Hickey: Three Poems
Reviews
164 Kevin Bushell: Poetry — not a jeux des mots but a weapon used to battle for historical truth
164 Kevin Bushell: Poetry — not a jeux des mots but a weapon used to battle for historical truth
Contributors
180 Notes on Contributors
Cover
Ben von Jagow
Ben von Jagow
The Closing Moments of Summer
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