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National Poetry Month

An academic by day and poet by night (or sometimes vice versa), Kaitlyn Boulding is originally from rural Manitoba and studied at the University of Winnipeg before obtaining an undergraduate and graduate degrees in Classics from Dalhousie University. Her work has been published in the GUTS Canadian Feminist Magazine, Fathom, The Lyre, Pseudo-Dionysius, and Juice.

Parting gifts

By Kaitlyn Boulding 1 minute read Friday, Apr. 29, 2016

 

Parting gifts

 

I found you

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groundhog

Dennis Cooley 2 minute read Preview

groundhog

Dennis Cooley 2 minute read Thursday, Apr. 28, 2016

 

groundhog

 

first alarm when the neighbour arrives

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Thursday, Apr. 28, 2016

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Dennis Cooley grew up in Saskatchewan and has lived most of his life in Winnipeg. The “groundhog” poem comes from the bestiary, a collection of animal poems he is working on.
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press Dennis Cooley grew up in Saskatchewan and has lived most of his life in Winnipeg. The “groundhog” poem comes from the bestiary, a collection of animal poems he is working on.

Folding yourself into the car you drive

Sue Sorensen 2 minute read Preview

Folding yourself into the car you drive

Sue Sorensen 2 minute read Thursday, Apr. 28, 2016

 

Folding yourself into the car you drive

 

Folding yourself into the car you drive

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Thursday, Apr. 28, 2016

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Born in Saskatchewan, Sue Sorensen is a writer of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction and also an English professor at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg. Her novel, A Large Harmonium (2011), won Best First Book at the Manitoba Book Awards. Her poetry has been published in Room, CV2, Prairie Fire, and the Oolichan collection Desperately Seeking Susans (2012).
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press Born in Saskatchewan, Sue Sorensen is a writer of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction and also an English professor at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg. Her novel, A Large Harmonium (2011), won Best First Book at the Manitoba Book Awards. Her poetry has been published in Room, CV2, Prairie Fire, and the Oolichan collection Desperately Seeking Susans (2012).

Mohawks and Coffee

KittyKittie 2 minute read Preview

Mohawks and Coffee

KittyKittie 2 minute read Tuesday, Apr. 26, 2016

 

Mohawks and Coffee

Comic book humor, pen and ink, Strathmore paper at 140 pounds.

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Tuesday, Apr. 26, 2016

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KittyKittie is a woman of color and cancer survivor: "The work I have submitted is a body of work that expresses my musing of my illness, mortality, survival and much needed sense of humour. There is a side of cancer that no one wants to talk about and that is the impact it has on a person's life, state of mind thus effecting the rate of recovery and or survival. I hope through my work someone somewhere will find comfort in my words and find the strength to carry on, no matter what is going in their lives."
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press KittyKittie is a woman of color and cancer survivor:

Swamp Fire (1862)

Lauren Carter 2 minute read Preview

Swamp Fire (1862)

Lauren Carter 2 minute read Monday, Apr. 25, 2016

 

Swamp Fire (1862)

 

Black trees buckled

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Monday, Apr. 25, 2016

Lauren Carter is the author of Swarm, named one of CBC's Top 40 books that could change Canada, as well as Lichen Bright, a poetry collection. She has recently completed Migration, a collection of poems exploring ancestry, relocation and infertility, a selection of which was long-listed for the CBC Literary Prizes and won first prize in the Room 2014 Poetry competition.
Lauren Carter is the author of Swarm, named one of CBC's Top 40 books that could change Canada, as well as Lichen Bright, a poetry collection. She has recently completed Migration, a collection of poems exploring ancestry, relocation and infertility, a selection of which was long-listed for the CBC Literary Prizes and won first prize in the Room 2014 Poetry competition.

Traveling without moving

Lori Cayer 2 minute read Preview

Traveling without moving

Lori Cayer 2 minute read Friday, Apr. 22, 2016

 

Traveling without moving

 

the last line always comes first, how oddly and often

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Friday, Apr. 22, 2016

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Born in Saskatchewan, Lori Cayer has made Manitoba her home since the third grade. She is the author of three volumes of poetry: Dopamine Blunder (Tightrope Books, 2016), Attenuations of Force (Frontenac House, 2010), Stealing Mercury (The Muses' Company, 2004), which won the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book in Manitoba in 2004. In 2005 Lori won the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer.
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press Born in Saskatchewan, Lori Cayer has made Manitoba her home since the third grade. She is the author of three volumes of poetry: Dopamine Blunder (Tightrope Books, 2016), Attenuations of Force (Frontenac House, 2010), Stealing Mercury (The Muses' Company, 2004), which won the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book in Manitoba in 2004. In 2005 Lori won the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer.

What You Can’t Take With You (for Mom)

Shirley Camia 1 minute read Preview

What You Can’t Take With You (for Mom)

Shirley Camia 1 minute read Thursday, Apr. 21, 2016

 

What You Can’t Take With You (for Mom)

 

do you remember the reeds that closed in

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Thursday, Apr. 21, 2016

Shirley Camia is a broadcaster and journalist, born in Winnipeg to first-generation Filipino immigrants. She has traveled throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, sleeping alongside the rice fields of rural Japan and falling in love with Canada's far north. She lives and writes in Toronto.
Shirley Camia is a broadcaster and journalist, born in Winnipeg to first-generation Filipino immigrants. She has traveled throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, sleeping alongside the rice fields of rural Japan and falling in love with Canada's far north. She lives and writes in Toronto.

Lights home for daughter

David Yerex Williamson 2 minute read Preview

Lights home for daughter

David Yerex Williamson 2 minute read Wednesday, Apr. 20, 2016

Lights home for daughter

 

11:05pm: escape is more than crossing rivers

septembering nowhere towns

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Wednesday, Apr. 20, 2016

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David Yerex Williamson lives next to the Nelson River in Norway House, Manitoba with his family and three orphaned dogs. When not writing, David shovels a lot of snow, cuts fire wood, and works for the University College of the North.
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press David Yerex Williamson lives next to the Nelson River in Norway House, Manitoba with his family and three orphaned dogs. When not writing, David shovels a lot of snow, cuts fire wood, and works for the University College of the North.

Instructions On How To Secure Your Role As The Victim In A Horror Film

Adam Petrash 2 minute read Preview

Instructions On How To Secure Your Role As The Victim In A Horror Film

Adam Petrash 2 minute read Tuesday, Apr. 19, 2016

Instructions On How To Secure Your Role As The Victim In A Horror Film

 

Resist researching your role. Avoid the places that terrify you. Don’t jeopardize

desensitization due to prolonged exposure. Develop and nurture phobias.

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Tuesday, Apr. 19, 2016

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Adam Petrash is a writer from Winnipeg. He’s the author of the novella, The Ones to Make it Through (Phantom Paper Press 2015), and his work has appeared in places such as After the Pause, CHEAP POP, Devolution Z, Lemon Hound, Luna Luna Magazine, Spacecraft Press, and WhiskeyPaper.
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press Adam Petrash is a writer from Winnipeg. He’s the author of the novella, The Ones to Make it Through (Phantom Paper Press 2015), and his work has appeared in places such as After the Pause, CHEAP POP, Devolution Z, Lemon Hound, Luna Luna Magazine, Spacecraft Press, and WhiskeyPaper.

The Dream of the Hybrid Electric Woman

K.I. Press 1 minute read Preview

The Dream of the Hybrid Electric Woman

K.I. Press 1 minute read Monday, Apr. 18, 2016

 

The Dream of the Hybrid Electric Woman

 

I hang, tired; I am stuck in a loop:

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Monday, Apr. 18, 2016

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K.I. Press is a Winnipeg writer. Her fourth book of poetry, Exquisite Monsters, came out with Winnipeg’s Turnstone Press in 2015. She teaches in the Creative Communications program at Red River College.
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press K.I. Press is a Winnipeg writer. Her fourth book of poetry, Exquisite Monsters, came out with Winnipeg’s Turnstone Press in 2015. She teaches in the Creative Communications program at Red River College.

separation anxiety

by Chimwemwe Undi 2 minute read Preview

separation anxiety

by Chimwemwe Undi 2 minute read Friday, Apr. 15, 2016

 

separation anxiety

 

that summer,

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Friday, Apr. 15, 2016

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Chimwemwe Undi has been a part of Winnipeg’s poetry scene for the last few years, primarily through spoken word and slam poetry, but also as the coordinator of the Speaking Crow Open Mic and board member for CV2. She has poems forthcoming in The Rusty Toque.
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press Chimwemwe Undi has been a part of Winnipeg’s poetry scene for the last few years, primarily through spoken word and slam poetry, but also as the coordinator of the Speaking Crow Open Mic and board member for CV2. She has poems forthcoming in The Rusty Toque.

Franklin Carmichael

By Jonathan Ball 1 minute read Preview

Franklin Carmichael

By Jonathan Ball 1 minute read Thursday, Apr. 14, 2016

Franklin Carmichael

It is time for a Canadian poem For a poem that will express what it means to be Canadian We all felt that the time was coming And now the time has come   As you read the Canadian poem Think of how it feels to be Canadian How does it feel? It was hard to express Before we had the poem   Now the poem has come to us Now the poem has come across the prairie with its teeth Its teeth are ready for us To us comes the Canadian poem

 

Franklin Carmichael was first published in Prairie Fire, Vol. 35 No. 1 (Spring 2014).

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Thursday, Apr. 14, 2016

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Jonathan Ball writes fiction, poetry, screenplays, and criticism and teaches literature, film, and writing in Winnipeg.
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press Jonathan Ball writes fiction, poetry, screenplays, and criticism and teaches literature, film, and writing in Winnipeg.

Long time no see

By Lynnel Sinclair 2 minute read Preview

Long time no see

By Lynnel Sinclair 2 minute read Wednesday, Apr. 13, 2016

 

Long time no see

 

Long time no see And you look good So happy and content I remembered seeing you Stumbling down the street You were holding on To some guy He was handsome But mean looking I remembered seeing you Shortly There after With a bruise on your face I slipped and fell you said What a klutz, I am Every time I saw you I recognized you less and less You looked so awful I felt helpless Now here you stand in front Of me You look soooo happy And healthy I see you found your way Back to yourself I love you She smiled at her reflection In her bedroom mirror Her house smelled like Sweet grass She could hear her kettle in The kitchen and oh Her tea was ready

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Wednesday, Apr. 13, 2016

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Originally from Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Lynnel Sinclair is a Cree/Metis writer. She is a member of the Indigenous Writers Collective of Manitoba. Her publications include The Indigenous Writers Collective of Manitoba Presents New Voices and Kwe: Standing with our Sisters (Penguin Books).
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press Originally from Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Lynnel Sinclair is a Cree/Metis writer. She is a member of the Indigenous Writers Collective of Manitoba. Her publications include The Indigenous Writers Collective of Manitoba Presents New Voices and Kwe: Standing with our Sisters (Penguin Books).

Pearls before Swine

By Marika Prokosh 1 minute read Preview

Pearls before Swine

By Marika Prokosh 1 minute read Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2016

 

Pearls before Swine

 

The sins of my family have been well-documented:

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Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2016

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Marika Prokosh is a Winnipeg writer. Her work has appeared in Prairie Fire, CV2, Lemon Hound, Poetry Is Dead, and The Toast.
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press Marika Prokosh is a Winnipeg writer. Her work has appeared in Prairie Fire, CV2, Lemon Hound, Poetry Is Dead, and The Toast.

Failed State, 2007

By Maurice Mierau 2 minute read Preview

Failed State, 2007

By Maurice Mierau 2 minute read Monday, Apr. 11, 2016

Failed State, 2007

to Britney

 

She holds one son and grips the wheel

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Monday, Apr. 11, 2016

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Maurice Mierau is the author of three books of poetry, most recently Autobiographical Fictions. His memoir Detachment won the 2016 Kobzar Literary Award. He lives in Winnipeg.
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press Maurice Mierau is the author of three books of poetry, most recently Autobiographical Fictions. His memoir Detachment won the 2016 Kobzar Literary Award. He lives in Winnipeg.

Vermillion anthers

By Basma Kavanagh 2 minute read Preview

Vermillion anthers

By Basma Kavanagh 2 minute read Friday, Apr. 8, 2016

Vermillion anthers

                                           and gold, and deep yellow-orange. Magenta petals, thread-like

leaves, scarlet stems and bees, everywhere, bees.

 

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Friday, Apr. 8, 2016

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Basma Kavanagh is a poet, visual artist, and letterpress printer originally from Nova Scotia who recently relocated from Brandon, Manitoba to Carbonear, Newfoundland.
Supplied Basma Kavanagh is a poet, visual artist, and letterpress printer originally from Nova Scotia who recently relocated from Brandon, Manitoba to Carbonear, Newfoundland.

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