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Canadian poetry

TV Hockey - by Anne Wilkinson

{ Poem }

Players, humped as oxen, brood in boxes;
/ One by one stumble from their cages
/ (Lift of gulls, swing and loop and lag
/ And…

Under The Sun - by Karen Solie

{ Poem }

Rain is the merging of cool air with warm
/ under general conditions of humidity. Try to remember
/ it has nothing to do…

Gophers - by Karen Solie

{ Poem }

Dirt divers, you pop up, fast and fleshy weeds. We turn
/ our ankles where you’ve been and bust your heads
/ for fun.

Found - by Karen Solie

{ Poem }

The Birds of British Columbia
/
/ From The Birds of British Columbia (4) Upland Game Birds.
/ Victoria British Columbia Provincial Museum, 1971
/
/ In no…

Nocturnal Migrants - by Don McKay

{ Poem }

Another gravity. I am on my way
/ to the bathroom, the dream in my head still
/ struggling not to die into the…

Domestic Animals - by Don McKay

{ Poem }

that blue
/ blush rising in the snow and the dog
/
/ follows his nose into a drift …

Utter - by Don McKay

{ Poem }

Utmost, remote. To be there
/ when pain finds words. That place
/ past place where history goes mute and myth
/ withers. Where the only…

Letter To Heather: On The Line - by Stephen Scobie

{ Poem }

Dear Heather,
/
/ What can I say about the line? The line
/ returns, always, to its starting point: it is
/ a question of margins,…

I’ve Seen Some Lonely History - by Stephen Scobie

{ Poem }

I’ve seen some lonely history
/ shivering in the cold
/ of Paris November streets
/
/ snow on the edge of the embankment
/ along the Ile Saint…

Western Landscapes - by Stephen Scobie

{ Poem }

Western landscapes: the prairie, the wayward
/ wind, the long line of horizon, smudged
/ when dust begins to rise: it takes
/ will power, stubborn…

The Story As I See It - by Aislinn Hunter

{ Poem }

If I say, my arms cast out in this southern exposure,
/ this is all we have for making: sudden grace…

Here, Or There, Or Elsewhere - by Aislinn Hunter

{ Poem }

Yesterday I went for the second time to the Crystal Palace… It seems as if only magic could have gathered…

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