Category: Poetry

Four poems

In four poems, Shankar Narayan looks at how his South Asian heritage makes him an outsider in the US--as he takes refuge in the traditional kurta, refuses to change his name, and goes to cut a Christmas tree. Paired with his work is art by Taiwanese/Cantonese American artist Monyee Chau.

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OG Bird Rescue Man

"Blood is the color that mixes late September.
It tints the concrete of a late sunset mass."
In striking imagery, Robert Lashley's poem imagines a mysterious savior who offers healing to a broken urban neighborhood.

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Three poems

In these three poems by an award-winning BC poet and author of seventeen books, nature has a near-magical ability to transform and inspire wonder in those who pay close attention to it.

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