I met Alison Gadsby many moons ago at the Toronto Junction Reads Prose reading series she's been curating and hosting for nearly two decades now. Alison is a bright light in a big city, passionately shining her light on prose writers, offering them a friendly stage in which to read and share and sell their… Continue reading Interview with Alison Gadsby
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POEM A DAY – February 21 & FORUM UPDATE
Like, if me then youFor C, from No, Thank You when I was little, like, four, I heardyou can be whatever you like and I believed it. but, like, when I wasnine, I knew I wouldn’t be a broadway child starthat my sun would come out tomorrow shining onthe sliver-giving picnic table (my stage) in… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 21 & FORUM UPDATE
POEM A DAY – February 13
Today is for the love of dreaming! What's your love dream? For the Love of Books and Beverages On this thirteenth Friday, with spring in the deeps of the crisp morning air, I sit and dream into the sunlight. I see shelves filled with stories. I see books splayed and belly-paged on the wall as… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 13
POEM A DAY – January 29
This one's been ruminating for a couple of days. I was...curious about a certain person's interior, and so I did a little intuitive visualization...and what I see is...a haibun. Another...can't seem to stop writing them. Intuitive investigation results: his interior is abandoned huskbut for the blonde childplaying with weaponsin the quivering shadowsof a shrunken hearthe… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 29
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