Poetry
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House of Targ
by Ben Ladouceur
I wash my wrist with water lest /
my blue stamp of approval be the death /
of my bed’s high thread-count spread. ...
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Three Ontological Studies: Feet
by Jan Zwicky
Which is worse, the body /
or the mind? Pressing, always straining /
to be somewhere else: /
the headlong ...
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Waterfall/Semantics
by Jordan Mounteer
If it ever took a life, it is unaccounted for. /
Stone tumbler. Giant’s breath. White death. /
A growl ripped in ...
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Dogs in the House
by Shannon Quinn
Did we bring it home with us? /
Could we have stopped that strange dog from /
slipping into her skin— / ...
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Map of the Kootenays, 4
by Celina Silva
here, /
i don’t need a map. /
i can tell my way from the curve of the street, palette of colors /
along ...
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Contest winner
Postcards From Palm Springs
by Katie Jordon
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Everything is pink—the sand at sunset, /
the walls, my tub and its rust, the flowers. /
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My ...
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Contest winner
Where We Drink in the Dark on Weekends
by Chelsea Comeau
, that unmistakable turn the wind takes /
combing its teeth through the shorn grass behind the school /
where we ...
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Contest winner
cenicientas (Cenicienta)
by Marcela Huerta
together we are learning how to write in English /
i am watching movies on the television and you are listening to ...
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Contest winner
Simon and Vallier in the Tub
by Jason Purcell
Finally, on page 60, Simon (clothed) jumps in after him /
and the two lovers embrace. He has managed to speak / ...
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Contest winner
Self Portrait with Snacks
by Katie McGarry
, your mother reassures you /
over a basin of rust-coloured vomit /
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post-tonsilectomy. You’d ...
