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Poem of the Week – June the Horse by Jim Harrison
Sleep is water. I’m an old man surging upriver on the back of my dream horse that I haven’t seen since I was ten. We’re night riders through cities, forests, fields. I saw Stephanie standing on the steps of Pandora’s … Continue reading
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Poem of the Week: Ocean Ghazal by Alison Mcghee
Ocean Ghazal He came spiraling back up the stairs, all four flights, two at a time Dark coat flying, dark eyes searching, something more to tell her, that last time. At night by the ocean, salt spray and laughter and … Continue reading
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Poem of the Week: Roofmen by Patricia Fargnoli
Over my head the roofmen are banging shingles into place and over them the sky shines with a light that is almost past autumn, and bright as copper foil. In the end I will have something to show for their … Continue reading
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Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan Book Review
Victoria-based writer Esi Edugyan’s Half-Blood Blues was long listed for the Man Booker Prize and was the winner of the prestigious 2011 Giller Prize. This is a book that makes me grateful for writers like Esi who bring to light … Continue reading
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Poem of the Week: The Woman Who Shoveled the Sidewalk by Stanley Plumly
She clearly needed more than money, which, anyway, wasn’t much. Her dog, one of those outlawed fighting breeds, black-and-white and eyes too far apart, kept snapping at the leash, the cash I placed as simply as I could into her … Continue reading
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Poem of the Week: Then I Walked Through the World by Leah Goldberg
Then I walked through the world as though someone adored me. Laughter unfurled through heaps of stones, and a wind through fathomless skies. Then I walked through the world as though someone dreamed me fair. Across the night abysses bloomed … Continue reading
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Poem of the Week: Little Horse by W.S. Merwin
You come from some other forest do you little horse think how long I have known these deep dead leaves without meeting you I belong to no one I would have wished for you if I had known how what … Continue reading
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Book Commentary: Solar by Ian McEwan
Hmnn, not really quite sure what to make of this book and I say this only because Ian McEwan is one of my favourite writers. I have loved everything I have ever read by him – Atonement, On Chesil Beach, A … Continue reading
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Steve Jobs: Walter Isaacson’s Biography – A Book Commentary
This often critical biography of someone famously known for being difficult draws a portrait of a brilliantly creative man who’s relentless, single-minded obsession with perfection created two of the world’s most successfully branded companies; Pixar Films and Apple Computers. Revolutions … Continue reading →
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