A Rainbow My wife Leslie wanted to tour the Biltmore, but I said we should get a guide and go fly fishing because of the adventure, the natural beauty, and to learn something new. In all my years fishing in lakes and ponds with a rod and reel or a cane pole, I hadn’t attemptedContinue reading “A Rainbow. College Graduation. 2 non-fictions by Niles Reddick”
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Networks: Sublime Omnipresence. an editorial essay by Olga Stein
“Networks: Sublime Omnipresence” July 8 was a type of freaky Friday. Rogers’ communications networks went down across the country, which meant that on the morning of July 8 no Rogers customer could use their cell phones, computers, or watch TV anywhere in Canada. But that was just the beginning. Currently, I’m not a Rogers customerContinue reading “Networks: Sublime Omnipresence. an editorial essay by Olga Stein”
The Pitfalls and Pleasures of Summer Reading. books reviewed by Gordon Phinn
The Pitfalls and Pleasures of Summer Reading Books considered: No Escape, Nury Turkel (Hanover Square Press 2022)Bad Trips, Slava Pastuk (Dundurn 2022)Sea of Tranquility, Emily St. John Mandel (HarperCollins 2022)Pure Colour, Shelia Heti (Anansi, 2022)The Book of Smaller, Rob McClennan (University of Calgary Press 2022)My Grief, the Sun, Sanna Wani (Anansi 2022)Arborophobia, Nancy Holmes (UniversityContinue reading “The Pitfalls and Pleasures of Summer Reading. books reviewed by Gordon Phinn”
Literary Spotlight. Kaite O’Reilly in Conversation with Sue Burge
For this issue of WordCity I’m beyond excited to be interviewing Kaite O’Reilly. Kaite is a multi award-winning writer and dramaturg. Her body of work includes, poetry, prose, radio drama, screen and theatre. Kaite, I hardly know where to start, you are such a Renaissance woman and there are so many questions I’m desperate toContinue reading “Literary Spotlight. Kaite O’Reilly in Conversation with Sue Burge”
3 poems by Robert Beveridge
Float Bills change hands. The politician keeps a pen in his pocket for autographs a separate one for thorazine injections. Babies require handshakes. He has an unreasonable fear of bridges. Wind across the elms banks left, sends another flock of laws across the mall. Only in cherry blossom season is this kind of graft common,Continue reading “3 poems by Robert Beveridge”
Tellus’s Plea. a poem by Anjum Wasim Dar
Tellus’s Plea Call Cyclops! People with two eyes have become blind! Have lost their sane mind have lost the spirit of being kind. They lie, cheat, deceive and rob do not leave a single grain, on the cob Call Cyclops! for he may see the cruelty killing and rape the guilty making good their escape.Continue reading “Tellus’s Plea. a poem by Anjum Wasim Dar”
5 poems by Yuan Hongri. translated by Yuanbing Zhang
Cherish The Memory of the Heaven Today I would like to thank the world that looks like the hell. It makes the fire that cherish the memory of the Heaven burning inside me; it reminds me of the precious fruit of the sweet golden tree. Those palaces and towers swirling music from outer space, thoseContinue reading “5 poems by Yuan Hongri. translated by Yuanbing Zhang”
2 poems by Gordon Phinn
Unrelenting Word sentence stanza, Metaphor a portal To image and after, the form taking shape Despite incessant shifting, the delightfully imprecise Shaking free of perception, The writer being written Out of the narrative As the hat is fitted On the outgoing head, The rain unrelenting. Unrecorded Putting pen to paper Precisely as your prior ParticipantsContinue reading “2 poems by Gordon Phinn”
along the glass door. a poem by Mansour Noorbakhsh
along the glass door this poem is supposed to talk about your character but i don’t know you much it’s not true too if i say i don’t know you, since i know how much you have changed me if it talks about changes you made to me thus, it speaks about you let itContinue reading “along the glass door. a poem by Mansour Noorbakhsh”
Lament for America. a poem by Jameson (Jason) Chee-Hing
Lament for America Jackboots on the ground! I hear jackboots on the ground That unmistakable sound Of black polished leather Smashing onto asphalt That thunderous thud of spit polished boots Striking the ground in unison Worn by young men Idealistic young men Who believe their cause to be true. In far away lands they dreamContinue reading “Lament for America. a poem by Jameson (Jason) Chee-Hing”
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