Poems from Rebekah Loconte

Surprised by Joy                                                                                        Rebekah Loconte William Wordsworth (1815)   Surprised by joy—impatient as…

Poems from Grace Lo-Voo

Explaining my depression to my mother: A conversation                              Grace Lo-Voo Sabrina Benaim (USA, 2013) Mom, my depression is a shapeshifter One day it's as small as a firefly in the palm of a bear The next it's the bear On those days I play dead until the bear leaves me alone I call the bad…

Poems from Edmond Chin

Around The Corner                                                                                                 Edmond Chin Charles Hanson Towne    Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end, Yet the days go by and weeks rush on, And before I know it, a year is gone. And I never see my old friend’s face, For life is a…

Poems from Julia Vanderveen

On Meeting A Stranger                                                                                      Julia Vanderveen John O'Donohue    With respect and reverence That the unknown Between us Might flower Into discovery And lead us Beyond The familiar field Blind with the weed Of weariness And the old walls Of habit.         The Windhover Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)   I CAUGHT…

Poems from Jason Dunbar

Close Your Eyes                                                                                Jason Dunbar Anonymous   Close your eyes and imagine the sound of rain.…

Poems by Elise Nzoupet

Elise Nzoupet   Poème à mon frère blanc Anonyme   Cher frère blanc, Quand je suis né, j'étais noir, Quand j'ai grandi, j'étais noir, Quand je suis au soleil, je suis noir, Quand je suis malade, je suis noir, Quand je mourrai, je serai noir.   Tandis que toi, homme blanc, Quand tu es né,…

Poems from Christopher Leckman

The church of my mother's hands                        Christopher Leckman Michael Johnson (Canada, 2016) Let those brightest bits of fluff not be from the little bird broken by the window, not the one we buried with due sorrow, but the last one, little nectarivore glanced off…

Poems from Shirley Soon

The Singer, part VII, volume 1 (an excerpt)                                       Shirley Soon Calvin Miller   In the beginning was the song of love. Alone in empty nothingness and space It sang itself through vaulted halls above Reached genrly out…

Poems from Vincent Yuen

Just For Today                                                                      Vincent Yuen Delia Thompson   Just for today, little one, I'm going to forget that you're autistic And remember…

Poems from Steve Friesen

If—                                                                                       Steve Friesen Rudyard Kipling   IF you can keep your head when…