James Yékú’s second collection A Phial of Passing Memories (Mawenzi House) moves through sceneries that blend the strange and the familiar into a poetic study on memory, journeys, and the nature of things. James tells us about his influences and poetic style, and reads from his book.| Alllitup.ca
Joanna Streetly's new collection All of Us Hidden (Caitlin Press) begins from a place of deep personal loss when her two stepsons and their boat disappeared into the ocean on an eerily calm night on the west coast of Vancouver Island, BC. Joanna's poems ripple out to explore how time continually changes communities, the land, and our sense of self. Today, Joanna reflects on how poetry, like music, carries us through transition and reads two poems from her book.| Alllitup.ca
In his debut collection The Character Actor Convention (The Porcupine's Quill), Guy Elston offers a playful, surreal chorus of voices—from a pumpkin that pens a letter to a sheep recalls a revolution—to explore shifting identities and the fluidity of authenticity. Guy tells us more about his poetic style, with a nod to Emily Dickinson, and reads from his book.| Alllitup.ca
Skeuomorph, Ritual, Synesthesia, Mutation, and the Protean Well of Language: Fragments of a Poetics| Alllitup.ca