Table of Contents

Contents

Editor’s Notes

an interview with Steve McOrmond

poetry by Steve McOrmond
loyalist burial ground III
1dandelions
autobiography
the farmer’s wife
the poet
the compensation of art
deuteronomy, abridged

an interview with Charlene Diehl

poetry by Charlene Diehl
subliming

formally speaking by Maurice Mierau

poetry by Evelyn Lau
november evening
fermata
kept

poetry by Jen Currin
i drink to our ruined house

poetry by Kelly S. Kilby
white is another word for sterile

poetry by André Carbonneau
à la coulée des naults

poetry by Dianne Miller
cherry carnival, bear river

poetry by Edward Gates
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poetry by Patricia Peters
any tuesday, 3 a.m.

poetry by Catherine Descheneau
untitled

poetry by Tim Keane
circuit city

poetry by Leanne Averbach
to the lighthouse
changing channels

poetry by J. Freestone
nam dropping

poetry by Katia Grubisic
basin no. 3

poetry by Andrea MacPherson
coastal landscape: watercolour

poetry by Emily Carr
air
fog
glamour
hinge
temps mort
voice (my)

poetry by Jesse MacPherson
sunflower

poetry by Moira MacDougal
buddhist cravings

poetry by C.B. Forrest
whiteout

poetry by J.R. Toriseva
the persephone measure

poetry by Madhur Anand
verdigris
buddha in the foreground

poetry by Gillian Sze
driving back
driving home from the airport

poetry by E. Alex Pierce
boat

poetry by Tim Amsden
i know that old picture is around here somewhere

poetry by Daniela Elza
shifting (of obligations
in prisms (of facts

poetry by Daniel Newman
iris versicolour

poetry by Adrienne Gruber
take me on a cruise
meeting up with you on big island

poetry by George Murray
kitchen-sink drama
sign language
the city

poetry by Yi-Mei Tsiang
the lists we make

poetry by Steven Mayoff
internet youkali

poetry by Rosemary Griebel
how brave the blackness of night
possibility, in the midst of intrusive sorrow

poetry by Zachary C. Irving
well shakespeare,

poetry by Sandra Ridley
notes from facility nrx
tumbler-snapper: able (two)
the atlas e missile complex

2007 two-day poem contest winners
first place: Erika Mueller, plankton,
second place: Julie Berry, true story
third place: Paris Elizabeth Sea, the moirai in the 21st century
honourable mention: Ev Nittel, appetite 4
honourable mention: Amy-Leah White, leave-taking
honourable mention: Ruth Roach Pierson, insufficiently consequential