I’m honoured to be joining Edmonton writers Cathy Hodgson, Kerry Mulholland and Amy Willans for an evening of poetry on Wednesday, Aug. 8 (7 p.m., McMullen Gallery, U of A Hospital) surrounded and inspired by beautiful, haunting new work by artist Gillian Willans. Interiors is presented by Friends of University Hospitals and also features music by harpist Bev Ross. […]
Poetry
the stars are watching you
if i could come to where you are if i could touch your shining face if i could hold your broken hand if i could sit with you in the treetops my eyes grow dim but i could sculpt you in the dark and the stars, the stars are watching you even when night is […]
montparnasse
we can sit now in cafe odessa, the most darling of all my french mistresses. she reeks of tobacco and beer and her music is a tired loop of american hits from the ’80s.
quote of the day
This heart, I know, To be long loved was never framed, For something in its depths doth glow Too strange, too restless, too untamed. — Matthew Arnold, A Farewell
5-7-5 takes the sexy back
i want one hard kiss one barefoot dance in paris when the lights go out under the van gogh starry night is too cliche let’s make it renoir her mouth a campfire when she kisses me for real our lips will combust callie’s back in town that means lagers and flirting at the […]