“Poetry is a living art, it’s living in each and every one of us all the time. We just have to recognize it.” – George Elliott Clarke Canada’s new parliamentary poet laureate, the poet of the nation, is going to sort me out. I can’t properly trace my disdain for poetry, where the roots are […]
Week One: Notebooks and Resolutions
Last year, a burgundy plastic tote was delivered to my parents’ house by an aunt, who had procured it from another aunt who had kept it for years, until I found out about it last winter and began a campaign to get it into my possession. Inside the tote are notes from my grandmother, starting […]