Table of Contents

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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