Poetry
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Contest winner
safe as houses
by Andrea MacPherson
The house in a shaggy field, /
long abandoned, unroofed, stippled with moss. /
Given back to the elements, / ...
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The natural
by Chimwemwe Undi
More peace than politics, forgo the heat /
and hostile alkali for what curls itself out of me /
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dense as ...
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Be/st Frie/nds
by Brianne Battye
Cross-legged in rows on sleeping bags. When asked, her Truths don’t excite. /
They shrug, unconcerned, make ...
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Locks
by Seren Gagne
he pulls out a stick of eyeliner, /
his rat tail has bloomed /
into locks /
thick as dark feathers /
/ ...
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road race, Christmas day (for Alex Decoteau)
by Benjamin Hertwig
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a photo, 1910. /
Edmonton before /
the war. /
some version /
of the same cold /
streets. /
same ...
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Examination
by Tracy Hamon
In which position is the comb held when tapering the hair with clippers? /
a) above the wingspan of a northern ...
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Cadence, Country, Silence
by Chloë Catán
Night catch in the Atacama /
is Brancusi’s sleeping muse. /
My dad’s panama hat /
is extinct. /
/ ...
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Feral
by Keri Cheechoo
Adopted kids /
Those adopted kids /
Or them /
That was us /
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People were gruff /
Didn’t realize / ...
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Love(lessly)
by Lesley Belleau
Without the words wasted words all those words and nights I poured myself into you. Thirty seven and I handed the pulp ...
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gishpin, eta
by Vera Wabegijig
resurgence /
regeneration /
indigenous revival /
it’s all about survival /
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from below we follow ...
