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Rising Stars

Contents

Editor’s Notes

an interview with Sina Queyras

poetry by Sina Queyras
the blessing
snapshot of my mother in nature
untitled film still #35
untitled film still #50
from “giving shape to grief”
from “in the night, suddenly”
some other poet in the city
a lilac begins to leaf
i should make curved shapes, showing the
light through, but not giving a clear outline

an interview with Kimmy Beach

poetry by Kimmy Beach
no, and i ain’t your “kid”
jimmy talks back
dear friend
my show, my show
the beatles at madame tussaud’s wax museum (excerpts)
sunday, st. peter’s abbey

poetry by Richard Harrison
my father visits the surgeon

poetry by Paulo da Costa
achilles’ heel

poetry by Tanis MacDonald
matrimony

poetry by Fabienne Roitel
l’envie de paysages
des ongles me poussent . . .

poetry by Sheri Benning
sleeping blue

poetry by Tom Wayman
windfarm

poetry by Gilles Cyr
poème
poème

poetry by Tanis Rideout
in constantine

2005 two-day poem contest winners
first place (tie): Yvonne Blomer, house hunting
first place (tie): Elizabeth Anne Socolow, july 1969
second place: K. E. Zoppa, granada
third place: Erika Mueller, the dead
honourable mention: Frances Boyle, orbit

league of canadian poets 40th-anniversary special section

poetry by Dina E. Cox
in memoriam Joe Sherman (1945–2006)

poetry by Joe Sherman
my beautiful veins
august visit 2005

an interview with Glen Sorestad

an interview with Heidi Greco

poetry by Glen Sorestad
stopping at hirsch cemetery

poetry by Maureen Scott Harris
a bird in the hand

poetry by Carolyn Marie Souaid
mad river

poetry by Meredith Quartermain
oliver chronicle

poetry by Gloe Cormie
numinous night

poetry by Kenneth McRobbie
the blasted pine

poetry by Carlinda d’Alimonte
winter solstice, 2002 (excerpts)

poetry by Heidi Greco
i remember your voice

poetry by Paul Dutton
solipsism





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