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On Writing #8 : Colin Morton 19 Aug 2013 | 10:27 pm
A Writing Life Colin Morton As a child growing up I wrote recreationally: long summer holidays in the backyard tent writing comic books and horror fantasies. I wrote to fill the days when all the oth...
Recent Reads: punchlines by Aaron Tucker 13 Aug 2013 | 10:50 pm
0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false punchlines by Aaron Tucker Published by above/ground press, 2013. After a thorough reading of Aaron Tucker’s new chapbook, the follow-up to his bpN...
On writing #7 : Pearl Pirie 9 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
Use of Writing Pearl Pirie What is writing good for? Writing is not a direct path. It may be a lousy strategy. When there are better ones, the point is to get to goal, not to make poetry a gofer. It'...
On Writing #6 : Faizel Deen 29 Jul 2013 | 08:36 pm
Summer. Ottawa. 2013. Faizal Deen my writing has always been tied to the environmental. what this means is that I am quickly shut down by the mediocre. by energy that moves only according to imposed ...
On writing #5 : Michael Dennis 16 Jul 2013 | 10:16 pm
Who knew? Michael Dennis I've been writing poetry since I was in grade six at Queen Alexandra Public School in 1968 when I handed in the very naive poem "Jews and Negroes Hand in Hand," for an Englis...
Recent Reads: Jason Christie and Jessica Smith 5 Jul 2013 | 01:36 am
0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Government by Jason Christie Mnemotechnics by Jessica Smith Both titles published by above/ground press, 2013. Anyone who has watched Question Per...
On writing #4 : Michael Blouin 2 Jul 2013 | 10:00 pm
On Process Michael Blouin Process. I don’t know that I have much to say about it that anyone other than me would find interesting. Once or twice a day I sit down and I write. Sometimes I write a litt...
On Writing #3 : rob mclennan 10 Jun 2013 | 10:20 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE On writing (and not writing) rob mclennan I have spent most of the past two decades in daily ritual, waking to immediately sit with notebook, d...
Recent Reads: Peter F. Yacht Club #18 and Jill Stengel 31 May 2013 | 05:13 pm
0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false #18: VERSeFest Special by Peter F. Yacht Club tether by Jill Stengel Both titles published by above/ground press, 2013. Peter F Yacht Club Issue #...
British plagiarist helped himself to my online poems 29 May 2013 | 12:56 am
There are few big careers to be made out of poetry. Although sometimes, as in this case, prize money is involved, it is hardly enough to risk your reputation for. Most of what we get from writing poet...
