Whether affliction or infection
Whether predator or virus
Whether p.f.o. or rejection
Whether Billy Ray or Miley Cyrus
Whether metonym or metaphor
Whether keyboard or stylus
Whether cell phone or semaphore
Whether I-Pad or papyrus
Whether intuition or feeling
Whether brain stem or gyrus
Whether stop sign or ceiling
Whether they demote or they fire us
Whether chance or catastrophe
Whether eyeball or iris
Whether chorus or antistrophe
Whether chronos or chiros
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Upcoming Reading
I'll be reading in Halifax this Saturday, May 21, 1 pm at the North St. Church, 5657 North St. Also reading are Matt Robinson and Sue Goyette. Readings will take place between sets of live music. It's part of the Long Live the Queen Festival. More details: http://longlivethequeen.ca/?pa
Come on out!
Monday, May 9, 2011
Lyrebird, Lyrebird, sing me a song
The good folks at the Best Canadian Poetry blog have just posted an audio clip of me reading my poem "To the Superb Lyrebird..."
Fun timing because I just got an email a couple of days ago from Brian Bartlett, who told me that he'd shared my poem with an Aussie friend, who told Brian that the line about a "dingo with rabies" was "crap" because there have been no reported cases of rabies in Australia. Far from making me want to revise the poem for greater accuracy, this makes me like the line even better. The idea of the lyrebird imitating a sound that it can't possibly have heard is enormously appealing to my imagination.
Fun timing because I just got an email a couple of days ago from Brian Bartlett, who told me that he'd shared my poem with an Aussie friend, who told Brian that the line about a "dingo with rabies" was "crap" because there have been no reported cases of rabies in Australia. Far from making me want to revise the poem for greater accuracy, this makes me like the line even better. The idea of the lyrebird imitating a sound that it can't possibly have heard is enormously appealing to my imagination.