Author Archives: darcie friesen hossack

Adrift. A poem by Rose Willow

Adrift humans slump in life-jackets bone cold, teeth chatter the planet coughs, trembles, belches an oily slick lost in black clouds thunder and lightening unable to slice slap, slap wake-up, wake up her heart shudders the last button comes undone the earth not fit for even the meek to inherit Rose Willow lives and writesContinue reading “Adrift. A poem by Rose Willow”

Ghosts of Grass. A poem by Steve Passey

Ghosts of Grass Here: It’s the katabatic winds coming down from the mountains hard like the love and the wrath of God. It’s the borealis that comes with the thirty below on the first of March. It’s the ghosts of grass and a million buffalo. It’s Red Crow and Joseph Smith and coyote songs andContinue reading “Ghosts of Grass. A poem by Steve Passey”

On the edge of Lago Atitlan. A poem by Maryangel Chapman

On the edge of Lago Atitlan What I wanted, more than anything, was to fly. to kick off, strong and sure and shoot up into the azure sky, arms outstretched. I wanted the wind, rippling across my skin — through me. It wasn’t enough to stand there, at the edge of the lake, and lookContinue reading “On the edge of Lago Atitlan. A poem by Maryangel Chapman”

Reality and Justice. A poem by Mansour Noorbakhsh

Reality and Justice To: 215 children found buried on the site of what was Canada’s largest Indigenous Residential School. We have been playing in darkness with the covered eyes, since we were children then I wanted to find you for I needed to win. Floundered in the footprint of time, I need to find youContinue reading “Reality and Justice. A poem by Mansour Noorbakhsh”

Rebecca. A poem by beam

Rebecca Rebecca is lying in bed Rebecca is being laid on by a cartoonishly small dog Rebecca dreamed about this dog when she was three, four, five and once when she was seven Rebecca is trying to make this about the dog Rebecca, Beka, Becks, Bean and once ‘’Beckham’’ that one didn’t really stick, althoughContinue reading “Rebecca. A poem by beam”

Summer 2021 Reading Highlights. Gordon Phinn

Books reviewed and referenced Polly Sampson, A Theatre For Dreamers (Harper Collins)Margaret Lawrence,  Short Non-Fiction (Nora Foster Stovel, ed)  (McGill/Queens)Clinton Heylin, The Double Life Of Bob Dylan: A Restless, Hungry Feeling, 1941-1966 (Little, Brown)Salman Rushdie, Languages Of Truth  (Knopf)Bardia Sinaee, Intruder (Anansi)Stephen Roxborough, I Feel You Doughnut Pain (Optimistic Press)Stephen Heighton, Selected Poems, 1983-2020 (Anansi)SusanContinue reading “Summer 2021 Reading Highlights. Gordon Phinn”

Negotiating Caponata. A Book Review by Josephine LoRe

Negotiating Caponata Carla Scarano D’Antonio   https://www.carlascaranod.co.uk Dempsey & Windle 2020 ISBN 9781913329228 £ 8.00 https://www.dempseyandwindle.com/carlascarano.html Negotiating Caponata … a review by Josephine LoRe Carla Scarano D’Antonio’s Caponata arrived late last year and I devoured it in one sitting.  Enough time has passed now for the unique flavours to blend as they would in the caponataContinue reading “Negotiating Caponata. A Book Review by Josephine LoRe”

You Look Good for Your Age. Rona Altrows

Every so often, WordCity Literary Journal may choose to feature an important and engaging book that’s come to our attention. This issue, in keeping with the feminist threads woven throughout our collection, we are giving space to Rona Altrows, for her anthology, You Look Good for Your Age With a lineup of authors that includeContinue reading “You Look Good for Your Age. Rona Altrows”

Writing Advice with Sue Burge. Mslexia

Many of the pieces in this month’s issue of WordCity are reflections on Women’s Rights.  My advice this month is to write beyond your comfort zone, and I have a suggestion for you of how female writers can find the encouragement to do this within the pages of one innovative and highly regarded writing magazine,Continue reading “Writing Advice with Sue Burge. Mslexia”