Spring 2024 Issue
Cover Photos: Jen Osborne
Birch, Ian. Homeward Bound: From Santa Cruz to Kingston, 52 - 65
Brait, Richard. Home to Canada and the Women’s Court –
An Excerpt from The Margaret and Sam Poems, 78 - 95
Campillo, Denise. Ouvertures, hommage aux poètes 2008, (painting), 11
Checkley, Shauna. Spring, (verse), 158
da Costa, Paulo. The Weeping Skull, 74 - 77
Dioha, Anayo. Four Market Days, (verse), 144 - 145
Dufour, Line. Finding the Words, (verse), 140 - 143
El Sioufi, Sarah. The Shahada, 36 - 37
Eng, Jean. Wedding Banquet , (verse), 34 - 35
Glickman, Susan. On Having Given Up the Piano, 14 - 21
Grace, Greg. Where Jesus Is Straying, (verse), 146 - 147
Grace, Greg. Jesus Heals the Man Among the Tombs, (verse), 106 - 107
Grace, Greg. The Warrior Clown, (verse), 50 - 51
Hensley, Pamela. My Father’s Daughter, 148 - 157
Howell, Bill. The Woods Are Running Out of Rabbits, (verse), 138 - 139
Hussain, Salma. What I Can Count on (or Not), (verse), 40 - 41
Lang, Preston. Book Club, 96 - 105
LeVert, Connie. David Dies, 124 - 129
Malone, David. Mothers, 114 - 121
Markle, Adrian. Eyeshine, 108 - 109
Nelson, Josiah. Stitch (verse), 8 - 9
Purdy, Anthony. Rosie’s Rock, (verse), 66 - 67
Rabinowitz, Aaron. Haifa, (verse), 38 - 39
Rooney, Matthew. Hephaestus, (verse), 122 - 123
Sherman, Kenneth. Concession Road A, (verse), 130 - 131
Tomasch, Tanya. How Pure, 110 - 113
Tomasch, Tanya. Vancouver, I Love You, but You’re Bringing Me Down
(Part Two), 24 - 33
Veilleux, Laurier. Ouvertures/Openings, (verse), 10 -13
Wayman, Tom. Hum, (verse), 22 - 23
Wood, Peter. Rocky Road, 42 - 49
Zarevich, Emily R. A Great Torontonian Power Couple –
Frances Loring and Florence Wyle, 132 - 137
Zarevich, Emily R. Strange Sleeps I’ve Had, 68 – 73
Summer 2024 Issue
Cover Artwork: KAREN HIBBARD
Barwin, Gary. Broken Light: The Alefbeit and What’s Missing, 172 - 179
Boling, Jason. Bob Weir, (verse), 234 - 235
Carson Louise. What would I do if I knew this was the end?, (verse), 282 - 283
Carson, Louise. There’s Definitely a Numbing, (verse), 220 - 221
Carson, Louise. You can’t make this stuff up, (verse), 180 - 181
Chambers, Petra. Naturally Good: Monsters Under the Bed in Utopia, 182 - 187
da Costa, Paulo. The Prescription, 262 - 263
Davies, Joe. Dupont Street: A Few Good-for-Nothing Sketches of a Best Forgotten
Exercise in Communal Living, 222 - 233
Dueck, Dora. The Newlywed House, 306 - 317
Green, Daniel. Edwin, 236 - 247
Gulotta, Kenneth. Good and Wrong, 294 - 303
Haan, Cali. Vest with Chains – Selkirk Mountains, 1999, 266 - 267
Howell, Bill. Hit and Myth, (verse), 188 - 189
Hubbard Danielle. Thetis Lake, (verse), 208 - 209
Hussain, Salma. I Want Every Summer, (verse), 318 - 319
Hussain, Salma. Screamsong, (verse), 248 - 249
Jenkins, Anthony. Drawing Abroad, 210 - 219
Jones, Martin. Friend, Most Erudite of Shades, (verse), 264 - 265
Kaler, Amy. Packingtown, 250 - 259
Kayowa, Adegboyega. ICU, 284 - 285
LeClair, Yvette. In the Cathedral Lighting Candles for Boys I Have Kissed, (verse), 260 - 261
LeVert, Connie. Remembering Cross Pollination, 288 - 291
Luftig, Richard. and everything is about, (verse), 268 - 269
Moore, George. Local Fishermen, (verse), 304 - 305
Neilson, Shane. Summer day. Field., (verse), 168 - 169
Padhi, Bibhu. Voices, (verse), 272 - 273
Rabinowitz, Aaron. Whatever is left of my figs are yours, (verse), 170 - 171
Rooney, Matthew. Good Food, (verse), 270 - 271
Schiffman, Richard. Seed Theology, (verse), 286 - 287
Seifert, Daniel. Through the Curtains – Travel, Memory, and Desire, 274 - 283
Steckling, Robert. After Skinny Dipping, (verse), 292 - 293
Tomasch Tanya. My Favourite Strangers, 204 - 207
von Jagow, Ben. Guiding Lights, 190 - 203
Fall 2024 Issue
Cover Artwork: FERNANDO CARPENADA Inside Cover Artwork: Nora Kelly
Bloom, Ronna. Checkpoint of the Mouth, (verse), 338 - 339
Boling, Jason. Odd and Even, (verse), 328 - 329
Bowkett, Kevan Kenneth. Heart on a Shelf, (verse), 476
Brait, Richard. Omagh – an Excerpt from The Margaret and Sam Poems, 376 - 403
Clausen, Christopher. An Exile at Queen’s, 438 - 445
Culver, Ralph. A man wanted, (verse), 474 - 475
Dabydeen, Cyril. Naked in Malaysia, (verse), 428 - 429
Day. Holly. Magic, (verse), 336 - 337
Desrochers, Kerry. PLANTS MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY, 412 - 413
Epp, Darrell. Win a Dream Date with Queen Amnesia , (verse), 364 - 365
Forman, Gideon. Visiting Father’s Girlfriends, 358 - 363
Genevieve, Kate. Caravaggio’s Basket of Fruit, (verse), 436 - 437
Harlock, J.D. Don’t Wake Up, (verse), 460 - 461
Harvey, Katherine Alexandra. Hollywood Happened Differently for Me, (verse), 436 - 437
Hubbard, Danielle. Okanagan by the Mouthful , (verse), 446 - 447
Hussain, Salma. Surrendering, (verse), 458 - 459
Kubacki, Maria. Earworm, 350 - 357
LeVert, Connie. Precious Moments, 424 - 427
Magrill, Haley. You Unloved Thing, 330 - 335
Moore, Gerald Arthur. accidental renaissance, (verse) 472 - 473
O’Connell, Sean. Telling a Psychiatrist the Truth, 340 - 343
Rabinowitz, Aaron. Galilee, (verse), 462 - 463
Rice, Natalie. Common Herbs, Shrubs, and Mosses of Nova Scotia, (verse), 422 - 423
Sanfilippo, Anthony. Heart and Soul, 366 - 375
Sileika, Antanas. Barbers I Have Known, 404 - 411
Simpson, Andrew J. A Short Trip, 430 - 435
Sol, Adam. My Aunt Mona, 450 - 457
Steckling, Robert. Stereo, (verse), 470 - 471
Tomasch, Tanya. A Love Story in Three Parts, 344 - 349
Tomasch, Tanya. Our Friend Porter, 464 - 469
Zarevich, Emily R. Seeking the Philosophical Self on Canadian Soil, 414 - 421
Winter 2024 Issue
Cover Artwork: LINE DUFOUR
Ajao, Eniola. Cappuccino , (verse), 576 - 577
Bhagwat, Jeevan. song sparrow, fallen, (verse), 520 - 521
Cleynhens, Greta du Bois. Death on the Lake, 498 - 499
Davis, William Virgil. Snapshot, (verse), 524 - 525
Demchinsky, Bryan. Earth to Tables, 564 - 575
Desrochers, Kerry. Eve Shaves Her Legs, (verse), 494 - 495
Desrochers, Kerry. little girl asks, (verse), 578 - 579
Epp, Darrell. That’s Not a Piñata, That’s a Hornets’ Nest, (verse), 550 - 551
Farooq, Maleeha. mind/matter, (verse), 616 - 617
Fekete, Zary. My Neighbour, 554 - 557
Giesbrecht, Maria. My father, a horse whisperer, (verse), 594 - 595
Grady, Wayne. Here Be Monsters, 502 - 516
Gray, Susan K. The Birdhouse, (verse), 612 - 613
Hall, Michael. Southwest Ontario, (verse), 618 - 619
Harding-Russell, Gillian. An underwater root for aggression, (verse), 558 - 559
Harlock, J.D. Forgive me, Father – , (verse), 500 - 501
Irie, Kevin. Pre-War Photos, (verse), 522 - 523
Jarman, Mark Anthony. Oh Well, Parts One and Two, 580 - 593
Jenkins, Anthony. Becoming Santa, 488 - 493
Kitcher, William. Good Old Canada, 620 - 623
Massam, Diane. Continuity, (verse), 632 - 633
Meggeson, Sean G. John K. Samson, Addressed by Questions, (verse), 560 - 563
Neilson, Shane. BPD Insurrection, (verse), 634 - 635
Poppelton, Emmery. Blue House on the River Delta, 528 - 549
Rice, Natalie. The Sea Rose, (verse), 628 - 631
Shillibeer, Carol. You Have Mail (1), (verse), 496 - 497
Shillibeer, Carol. You Have Mail (2), (verse), 518 - 519
Shillibeer, Carol. You Have Mail (3), (verse), 552 - 553
Shillibeer, Carol. You Have Mail (4), (verse), 614 - 615
Sweazey, Glenn Arthur. Paradise Promised, “Woman, Life, Freedom” Lost, (verse), 596 - 599
Tomasch, Tanya. Infinite Sorrow, (verse), 624 - 627
Tomasch, Tanya. The Sulking Wife, (verse), 526 - 527
Unwin, Peter. Daughter of God, (verse), 600 - 601
Vacante, Jeffery. Rethinking the Conquest in Canada, 602 - 611
van Guinn, Olivia. Blue House on the River Delta, 528 – 549
Wilson, Erin. Ode to Joy, (verse), 636 - 639