For as long as she could remember, Phyllis had sat at the front of the classroom. Whenever the teacher posed a question, her hand reached highest. Phyllis could remember the name of every teacher she’d ever had. … Read the whole text
There wasn’t a single person in the bar who did not forget what Teddy Roundman looked like. A big man, they all said, all who were in … Read the whole text
A Thousand Tiny Awakenings
edited by Connor Lafortune and Lindsay Mayhew
Sudbury, ON: Latitude 46 Publishing
2025 84 pages, $20.00
This elegant, slim volume features the poetry and prose of 15 dynamic new voices on … Read the whole text
The Alphabet of Aliens
by Sabyasachi Nag
Mawenzi House
ISBN: 978-1-77415-201-0
120 pages, $11.99 – $20.95
In his previous books, Sabyasachi Nag utilized carefully crafted free-verse poetry with very standard line breaks. His words were often startling, and … Read the whole text
What We Know So Far Is…
by Connor McDonnell
The universality and ineffability of birth, life, and death, have and continue to be (to no ones surprise) some of the most tempting subjects for the poet. … Read the whole text
Spring, Ontario, 1953.
“Greetings,” Raith said.
“Hello,” said a middle-age, gray-haired, slightly portly man, carrying much camping gear.
“You look prepared to be out here, but I am just wondering … Read the whole text
Too many eyes have drawn them out.
If you weep before them, don’t feel alone.
A yellow that shouts, a yellow applied
with a switchblade or a lame à cran d’arrêt.
Follow no one. Let no one … Read the whole text
Each bee must be her own queen,
not live in a colony.
Burrow in the ground along a path
or build the nest in a dead plant stem
or stack of empty flowerpots.… Read the whole text
this season is ideal for dragons
as they blend in well with the leaves…
red and gold,
patterned scales disappear into the canopy
like magic
(though they in fact
reserve their magicks
to other warming purposes
when … Read the whole text
Rory has one knee on the floor, the other tucked under his chin as he paints. His canvas is propped on two milk crates set over newspaper laid out to protect the floor. His paint tubes … Read the whole text
