Category Archives: Poetry

Changes of State – States of Change

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Francois Lachance

Edward Bryne From “Délires” In Open Text Volume 2 Canadian Poetry and Poetics in the 21st Century Even successful snowmen must melt. Subtle alliterations. And so for day 2374 13.06.2013

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Picking Up the Drop Off

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Francois Lachance

Jericho Brown twists reader expectations in “I Have Just Picked Up a Man”. First you believe this is a homoerotic hookup. Then the scene shifts to a dinner and one believes the speaker is committing an act of charity. But … Continue reading →

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Magnifying Portions or Reading The Red Blind

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Francois Lachance

I needed a magnifying glass because the weight of the typeface lent a blurring affect given the tight leading. Some lines that take on a metatextual twist. Them’s the brakes. Care gives in to bebop pleasure. Use a concept to … Continue reading →

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Cartographies à la carte

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Francois Lachance

Jennifer Moxley “The Honest Cook’s Insomnia Druthers Brimful of good advice on not only cooking but also reading (by way of analogy). Don’t be smug about outdated foods. Remember, even iceberg lettuce was once thought elegant. However much of an … Continue reading →

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Envisioning the Olfactory

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Francois Lachance

The cover is by Prashant Miranda and appears as a close up partially covered by the title in one edition but is more expansive in another view in the edition available from the UK Like two different states of the … Continue reading →

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Before the Painting: After the Event

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Francois Lachance

It is a long poetic sequence dedicated to Monique Van Genderen. It is        Feeling panicky about going on so long I show this to Steve in draft form. “So this is your 9/11 poem?” To be fair there is no … Continue reading →

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Bone Perches

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Francois Lachance

pulls at the gut and pokes at the brain I came to the poetry of Kristin Chang via the appearance of “Letter From My Grandmother in Tsingtao” in Poetry Daily which republished the piece from Adroit Journal Issue 26. http://www.theadroitjournal.org/issue-twenty-six-kristin-chang … Continue reading →

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Tufts

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Francois Lachance

From Wordsworth Tintern Abbey poem These plots of cottage-ground, these orchard-tufts Emily Dickinson #321 Then quiver down, with tufts of tune – Both I take it looking down upon the scene; both caught by the sight of the tough stuff … Continue reading →

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Companionship: Between Wading and Plunging

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Francois Lachance

Molly Peacock Prologue The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2008 She points out a concern to reach and embrace: What I see, from poets from diverse backgrounds, provinces, ages and personal categories, is a unity, a core, something identifiable as … Continue reading →

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Poetry After Freud

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Francois Lachance

A. Alvarez Introduction The New Poetry 1962 The introductory essay outlines a set of negative feedbacks operating in British poetry in reaction to the work of T.S. Eliot. This is what it concludes: What poetry needs, in brief, is a … Continue reading →

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