LONG STANDING TOWER BY ROY J. ADAMS The Tower Poetry Society is, almost certainly, the most resilient local poetry group in Canada, having met continuously for nearly seven decades. On October 12th, the TPS archives, now safely under the management of the Hamilton Public Library, were opened to the public. As Tower Archivist, I was … Continue reading Tower Poetry Society / Roy J. Adams
DAVID by ANNE SAVAGE Memory and time embed in flesh, in dreaming and waking grow together, enfold so intimately, so direly patterned and darkly encrypted. Yet something has begun to make sense across the eons: like an old hand at observing tree rings or layers of fossils, I say yes, here are life and death … Continue reading Poetry • by Anne Savage
Practical Anatomy or What You Didn’t Know Your Body Possessed by Margaret Nowaczyk Cells, chambers, canals, crypts, a selection of cisterns of varying calibers, a pipe, a bridge, a set of nails, cement: a castle starter kit. For antiquity lovers: columns and pyramids. And domed temples. For your travelling needs: vessels, trunks, sacs, and pouches. … Continue reading Poetry • by Margaret Nowaczyk
“On Poetry” by James Puntillo Mug of coffee, black. Translucent vapours dance. The gritty, silken grounds Stay crumpled and Swollen beneath the weight Of the press. Such violence soothed The greyness of the morning. For this, I was late in restoring The seed before the pulp. James Puntillo is a writer, editor, and teacher. He’s … Continue reading Poetry • by James Puntillo
A la Carte by FJ Doucet 1. This momentary lushness, A brief approximation on the tongue of breaking fast in paradise: Rich yolks cascading, breaking at the mouth, the sacred river. The lush wave rising, melting with paler yellow, Smooth hollandaise, and the bread. Oh God, the bread! 2. I close my eyes, hide the … Continue reading Poetry • by FJ Doucet
BOOK REVIEW by JEFFERY DONALDSON “Two Kinds of Light” Earth Day in Leith Churchyard: Poems in Search of Tom Thomson by Bernadette Rule [Seraphim Editions, 2015] Virginia Woolf was once watching her sister Vanessa dance. Being I suppose somewhat awkward on her feet, she was admiring but not envious. She said something … Continue reading Review: Jeffery Donaldson / Bernadette Rule
BOOK REVIEW by JEFFERY DONALDSON Shane Neilson’s Poker Face: The Manifesto of Fervourism The Manifesto of Fervourism by Shane Neilson [A Ryga Chapbook, Okanagan College, 2015.] From HA&L issue 8.2 Shane Neilson’s The Manifesto of Fervourism left me with one preoccupying question: At what point does a poker face become a form of disguised tongue-in-cheek? In short, … Continue reading Review • Jeffery Donaldson / Shane Neilson
