9 & 10 lindsay cahill    ____________________________ lindsay cahill is a Toronto-based editor, visual poet, and remixer. her most recent publications include Zigest, The Rusty Toque, Stroboscope: a magazine of…

Excerpt from “Kettle,” a long poem Helen Guri (1) Ensemble Most of us already have water, a pot to put it in. It is hard to improve on the men…

Penelope Before Marriage Phoebe Wang There are no mermaids in Lake Ontario, but I have heard you singing. The girls leaned in, legs wobbling onboard, their footing unsure. Before the…

Dürer’s Rhinoceros Kate Sutherland I. In the year our living such a marvel I had to send you this representation made after toad protected scales large as this comes to…

The End of Men Bardia Sinaee It is so hard for some men to be men and be humans also, to be men without treading on other men, as if…

why is history like a fruitcake? Aaron Tucker I refantasize about otherme as you shower separately + I tip + slosh through luggage: I am young + I study hard…

Personal reflection essay: politics David Alexander Sometimes I spend too much time reading Wikipedia articles when I should be exercising my democratic right to vote. So I drive to the…

Familiarity Principle Michael Prior Your letter lies unopened on the counter. Onscreen, Lauren Bacall slides off Bogart’s lap and leans against the frame: You know how to whistle, don’t you?…

from The Possum Play             Act 2 Jenny Sampirisi He says: I like your feet. She says: they keep me up. And leaves come down.…