Ah, for the love of flatness. As I mentioned: in flat energy fields, the red dogwood creating heat by turning red in the spring sun and “flattening” out the seasons, and the […]
Flat Out Floating!
Not Just Another Weed Beside the Road
Consider the willow. She is, um, willowy. A withe, we say. A wheel. A welter. A twist, a roll, a waltz and a wave. A voluminous wale, walk, and most of all […]
Saying the Names Shanty Makes the CBC Poetry Prize Shortlist
The journey you have been walking with me on this blog is making its way further out into the world. What great news! CBC Books has announced its shortlist for the 2017 […]
Saying the Names Shanty & the CBC Poetry Prize
As some of you know, when I’m not exploring the poetry of the earth, I am working for the words as they arrange themselves in similar patterns, also called poetry. Today, I am […]
Gardens of Water
I left the garden today, and all its lettuces, kale, spinach and dill, and went up to the water, where the birches rise out of the cedars and the wild roses. The […]
Of Fish and Humans and Rain
Rain falls on humans, but to fish it sets the surface of the world into speech. But doesn’t it do the same to humans? Rain makes us us. ~ Penticton Japanese Garden
Against the Descending Night, A Prayer in the Rushes
I am not angry. I am sad. My elders taught me that these were cat tails. They taught me that poetry was a fairy tale. They taught me that these were swamp […]
Do the Rich Have All the Fun?
You tell me. That’s their houses up above, and some beautiful ice drifting in. Below, is Okanagan Lake the next day after the wind did its thing all night long. I have […]
Poetry and Water
Does anything that touches water bend it? Or does the water bend to receive it? Is water subject to gravity? Or does it make an empty space under a willow tree, for […]
Growing an Old Language New Together
A language is not a string of beads on a wire that you hook around your neck, fiddle with, mumble along with, and presto, you have a smart phone. An indigenous language […]
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