Tag: poetry

Trudeau

"No one noticed,/ not even him, the black speck/ at the corner of his smile./ It began to spread, creeping across his lips/ like an oil-bled kiss."
A poem from Rob Lewis about the pipeline-addicted prime minister.

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I’ll Never Own a Home in Vancouver

Poet and memoirist Chelene Knight reflects on growing up in Vancouver, and comes to terms with the fact she'll probably never own a home there as prices continue to skyrocket. A lyrical examination of what's lost as cities confront gentrification.

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Elegy for Tahlequah’s Calf

In a powerful poem, Paul Nelson helps us grieve along with an orca mother who has been keeping her dead calf afloat for more than five days in the Salish Sea.

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Two Georges: A talk with poetry legends Bowering & Stanley

Sitting down with George Bowering, Canada’s first poet laureate, and George Stanley, recipient of the Shelley Memorial Award, Seattle-based poet Paul E. Nelson engages in a lively exchange with two venerated British Columbia poets as these longtime friends banter about the process of creating art.

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A poet and scientist listen to the bees

The book Listening to the Bees is a collaboration between poet Renée Sarojini Saklikar and renowned biologist and bee expert Mark Winston. In a conversation with poet Rachel Rose, the authors discuss the ways science and poetry can change how we perceive our interactions with the natural world.

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The Return of the Elwha King

Seattle poet Paul Nelson's ode to the runs of king salmon returning to the Elwha River after the dam is gone.
"He’s back! Belly full of planktonic diatoms, copepods, kelp, seaweed, jellyfish, starfish, bugs, amphipods & crustaceans so delicious served up at Sakura as sake..."

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