Category Archives: Poetry

Attachments

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Francois Lachance

A found poem from the stuck-together words youLike skyThat andYou Sarah Dowling “Everyone Sleep” Down And so for day 3172 18.08.2015

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Three Words As Found Poem

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Francois Lachance

[a motif, a bead] [here lifted as a short found poem:]        stone swan sycamore Roxanna BennettUnmeaningable And so for day 317016.08.2015

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Kiwi Conceit

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Francois Lachance

John Barton“Shopping at Capers”Hymn eggs blown sky-high pastthe azure and broken open distillate halvesof the heart laid bare, yes and yes, tart cabochonsof peridot icing my tongue. Because before me is a Canadian gay poet, I keep thinking that the … Continue reading →

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Q + A

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Francois Lachance

From the middle to the end of the poem: What is to be?It is to bear a name.What is to die?It is to be name only.[…]What is to ask?It is to find an answer.What is to answer?Is it to find … Continue reading →

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Swatch

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Phoebe WangWaking Occupations the chartreuse smear of lichen And so for day 316612.08.2015

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Blade in the Sky

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Douglas ChambersTrinity ReviewJanuary 1982 The rain falls in screes, a crowSickles the hills; the goats moveToward the hedgerow. Meteorological movements of beasts. And so for day 316511.08.2015

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Sewing by Scent & Sleep

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Patrick Phillips“Work-Clothes Quilt”Elegy for a Broken Machine no matter how brownwith his sweat, or stiff with his blisters,or blooming his rosesof pine sap, and gear grease, and blood— […] she stands by the bedand breathes his last scent, then wraps … Continue reading →

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Advice & More Advice

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Rachel RoseThirteen Ways of Looking at CanLit Only love. So critic be useful. Touch the body of work with  sure but careful hands. If the body is unlike your own, be  less sure and more careful. And so for day 316208.08.2015

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Salvaging

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Three three-liners cannibalized from a longer manuscript: turning the bodyas gatecanal sunflower tarnishing a scarpaste diamondstaste bitter and the colours of flagsfade fasterthan bruises blush And so for day 316107.08.2015

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A Lyrical Patch

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Rachel RoseThirteen Ways of Looking at CanLit A moment of calm in an extended diatribe… Apples and truth, the faithful orchard,honeycomb and hive song. I like how the bees are present without being named. And so for day 315905.08.2015

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