Complex systems can arise from simple rules…Rae Armantrout. The world of poetry is changing, or perhaps the mainstreams are finding their edges. Thanks to folks like Michael Silverblatt. Past posts…

Um, call me biased, but I think this will be fun.

A NAP BY THE KICKAPOOby Merrill Gilfillan What a faceon that barred owldead beside the road — Rolled it over to see.Round, jolly, cowled. Lightlyconcentrically ringed. The calm cosmonauticalwith the…

Do you remember that wave of environmental awareness that swept the world in the early 1990s? I can’t quite figure how we got from there to fifteen years of absolute…

Apparently Barbie is 50 today. Here are a few shots from a vacation she had on Toronto Island with a few friends. The latter photo from a series titled Barbie…

The lines that stick. A meme from facebook and one that I particularly enjoyed. What are the ten lines from poems or songs that stick in your head when you…

This time tomorrow…fuzzy footage but irresistible.

Further to my first round of discussion on Canadian Journals, and the poll taken about where people would send a non-Canadian to learn about Canadian poetry. The results of round…

How behind am I? Here’s a taste. PoetryJohnson, Kimberly A Metaphorical God, Persea 2008Gambito, Sarah, Delivered, Persea 2009Boully, Jenny The Body: An Essay, Essay Press 2007Reines, Ariana, The Cow, Fence…

I want one…

Funny, funny, funny. Oh, my.