The Open Issue
Contents
Editor’s Notes
poetry by A.J. Boulay
the premonition of the betrayal of galileo by the inquisition
an interview with Goran Simic
poetry by Goran Simic
i was a fool
christmas tree decorations
my accent
father and bees
an interview with Mark Abley
poetry by Mark Abley
in saskatoon the ghosts
poetry by Anne Szumigalski
untitled
untitled
untitled
to be a pilgrim
a child and his mother camp out on a cool night
an essay by Laurent Poliquin
écho singulier d’une confession erratique (excerpt)
poetry by Anne le Dressay
parlez-vous français?
poetry by Kate Cayley
love poem from the dictionary
poetry by Jan Conn
zapotecs
poetry by Changming Yuan
tree and flower
poetry by R.H. Hunter
the bus lurches
the attempt
poetry by Shannon Woron
the drowning
poetry by Eugene Dubnov
dead leaves
poetry by Théodora Armstrong
feast
catch
poetry by Gary Anderson
arrival
hamo beach
the steal
poetry by Dina E. Cox
what we want
poetry by Marie d’ Anjou
elle, vertige
froissez les détails
nous ne voyons
poetry by Richard Norman
flotilla
poetry by Paul Vreeland
innocence: a pantoum
poetry by Elizabeth Venart
not in the picture
poetry by Victor Enns
salvation
the golden hour
twiddler hands me deliverance
poetry by Barbara Pelman
the angel of backyards
poetry by D.C. Reid
blewsonne
poetry by Linda Frank
tehuana brides
if i loved you it was for your hair
poetry by Marni Norwich
all the crazy boys
poetry by Myrna Garanis
bobcat
poetry by Mathew Martin
mary
poetry by Annie Wong
she
poetry by Ingrid Ruthig
airborne (the paratrooper)
poetry by Alanna Bondar
untitled haibun # 9
poetry by Paddy McCallum
finally
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