Al Purdy (1918-2000) in conversation with Stan Rogal                                              lying upsidedown by the water       ...

Choo Choo Press first began as a collaboration between me and the painter and designer, Emily Bluedorn. Emily and I had been circling...

How does a poem begin?       Perhaps a poem begins when the past stops agreeing with what we remember about it. Most of my poems begin t...

i When it snows in the woods And I am there To witness The ice As I am privileged to watch it Seal the pond Soft Against the grass Out...

Al Purdy (1918-2000) in conversation with Stan Rogal                                              lying upsidedown by the water       ...

Between 1837 and 1852, Catherine gave birth to ten children. One died, at almost one. The affair with the young actress began in...

The 'process note’ pieces were originally solicited by Maw Shein Win as addendum to her teaching particular poems and poetry collections for...

The symbiosis Krill lies in bed screaming for his teddy bear. It doesn’t matter if it’s the blue teddy or the brown one, because Kri...

Art was not always promised forever. Some things were buried. Some burned. Some were worn smooth, repainted, eaten, forgotten. S...

I don’t know why I love prose poems but I do. Prose poems — with their solid blocks of text, unbroken lines, and not-quite-this,...

I first met Sonja Skarstedt and her husband Geof Isherwood around 1990 when they visited my home near Huntingdon, Quebec; a few year...

The symbiosis Krill lies in bed screaming for his teddy bear. It doesn’t matter if it’s the blue teddy or the brown one, because Kri...

The 'process note’ pieces were originally solicited by Maw Shein Win as addendum to her teaching particular poems and poetry collections for...

A Mudlarker’s Diary , Ariel Gordon Pinhole Poetry, 2026       Anyone who follows Ariel Gordon on social media ( IG @janedayreader ) will ...

Between 1837 and 1852, Catherine gave birth to ten children. One died, at almost one. The affair with the young actress began in...

How does a poem begin?       How does a poem begin? For me, with a feeling. For others, it’s a form of thinking – or being – or some oth...

a month's worth of new poems daily! join me in supporting literary publishing! I'm participating in Tupelo Press' Thirty days of poems project, composing and posting new work daily! the fun of pushing...

Kimberly Ann Southwick (she/her) is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing and English at Jacksonville State University...

The 'process note’ pieces were originally solicited by Maw Shein Win as addendum to her teaching particular poems and poetry collections for...

My review of Maria Nazos ' Pulse (Oakland CA: Omnidawn, 2026) is now online at periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics .

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Manahil Bandukwala : Introduction Conyer Clayton : Failing to find a line by Robert Creeley in a book by Frank Stanford Ellen Chang-Richar...

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Manahil Bandukwala : Introduction Conyer Clayton : Failing to find a line by Robert Creeley in a book by Frank Stanford Ellen Chang-Richar...

span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents:      the ottawa     small press     book fair autumn 2026 : will be held on Satur...

IV. (Summer)     Late summer crowds downtown to sweat out sounds Of music — beer cans chunks of scapegoat drywall Lodged in ...

A Guide for Making Fragments from Diaries , Joshua Beckman Wave Books, 2026   At the end of  A Guide for Making Fragments from Diaries ...

Kimberly Ann Southwick (she/her) is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing and English at Jacksonville State University...

The literary career of Andrew Suknaski, Canadian Poet, provides an extraordinary lesson on the ability of language to express the no...

Claudia Lapp (1946-2026)     Honey, and horses, and bright days rich in sunflowers.  The ecstatic joys of youth.  Where do we go no...

Claudia Lapp (1946-2026)     Honey, and horses, and bright days rich in sunflowers.  The ecstatic joys of youth.  Where do we go no...

Claudia Lapp (1946-2026)     Honey, and horses, and bright days rich in sunflowers.  The ecstatic joys of youth.  Where do we go no...

The Garbage Poems , Anna Swanson Brick Books, 2025       As a fellow lake swimmer, it seems fitting that I must openly admit my bias for e...

The 'process note’ pieces were originally solicited by Maw Shein Win as addendum to her teaching particular poems and poetry collections for...

IV. (Summer)     Late summer crowds downtown to sweat out sounds Of music — beer cans chunks of scapegoat drywall Lodged in ...

Claudia Lapp (1946-2026)     The highway is full of semi colons while a guitar gently weeps.  You arrived where we’re all heading. Ho...