Louis Bourgeois : THE FLAT EARTH EXCAVATION COMPANY : (Conversation with Ernest Hekkanen)

Arguably, The New Orphic Review is one of the most important literary journals in Canada, and its influence is certainly felt in smal...

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Process Note #75 : Mai-Linh Hong

The 'process note’ pieces were originally solicited by Maw Shein Win as addendum to her teaching particular poems and poetry collections for...

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Process Note #76 : John Cross : “Endangered Animals of Ohio”: Mathias Sets Out

The 'process note’ pieces were originally solicited by Maw Shein Win as addendum to her teaching particular poems and poetry collections for...

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Laura Kerr : What is a poem?

What Is a Poem? The poem asks what only a poem can ask.   After Form The poem continues in another form.           Laura...

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rob mclennan : SUBTEXT, by Nicole Raziya Fong

SUBTEXT , Nicole Raziya Fong Talonbooks, 2026       The third full-length collection from Montreal poet and collaborator Nicole Raziya Fon...

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Andy Butter : Three poems

Why Can’t I Touch It? de Kooning ’s “Women Singing II” , aurora borealis, Sarah ’s knee, his buried face The Boy-Mother   The...

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Melanie Marttila : My Mother Joins the Resistance, by Richard Harrison

My Mother Joins the Resistance , Richard Harrison Wolsak & Wynn, 2026       Richard Harrison’s My Mother Joins the Resistance is a med...

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Process Note #76 : John Cross : “Endangered Animals of Ohio”: Mathias Sets Out

The 'process note’ pieces were originally solicited by Maw Shein Win as addendum to her teaching particular poems and poetry collections for...

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Peter Hrastovec : TWO BOOKS, TWO FRIENDS, TWO VIEWS OF LIGHT

THE SHAPE OF DISAPPEARING LETTERS , Marty Gervais Mosaic Press, 2026 WHEN YOU’RE DOWN ON YOUR KNEES IN A FIELD CALLED FOREVER , John B. L...

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Harold Hoefle : Three poems

To Be Gibraltar , James Wilson Morrice, c.1913. Oil and graphite on wood.   It dominates.   A massive gold rock     shaped like a ...

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Kim Fahner : The Character Actor Convention, by Guy Elston

The Character Actor Convention , Guy Elston The Porcupine’s Quill, 2025       As a fellow poet, I first encountered Guy Elston’s work when...

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Carrie Hunter : Four poems

"I'm Waiting for the Ecology of District 6 to Right Itself"   Dreamed that there were regular housewarming parties at someone else...

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Jennifer May Newhook : How does a poem begin?

How does a poem begin?       I do not know how a poem begins, only that it does . . .and if I’m very lucky, in my own work, at some poin...

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Melanie Marttila : My Mother Joins the Resistance, by Richard Harrison

My Mother Joins the Resistance , Richard Harrison Wolsak & Wynn, 2026       Richard Harrison’s My Mother Joins the Resistance is a med...

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Laura Kerr : What is a poem?

What Is a Poem? The poem asks what only a poem can ask.   After Form The poem continues in another form.           Laura...

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Process Note #76 : John Cross : “Endangered Animals of Ohio”: Mathias Sets Out

The 'process note’ pieces were originally solicited by Maw Shein Win as addendum to her teaching particular poems and poetry collections for...

periodicityjournal.blogspot.com

Andy Butter : Three poems

Why Can’t I Touch It? de Kooning ’s “Women Singing II” , aurora borealis, Sarah ’s knee, his buried face The Boy-Mother   The...

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Andy Butter : Three poems

Why Can’t I Touch It? de Kooning ’s “Women Singing II” , aurora borealis, Sarah ’s knee, his buried face The Boy-Mother   The...

periodicityjournal.blogspot.com

Melanie Marttila : My Mother Joins the Resistance, by Richard Harrison

My Mother Joins the Resistance , Richard Harrison Wolsak & Wynn, 2026       Richard Harrison’s My Mother Joins the Resistance is a med...

periodicityjournal.blogspot.com

Carrie Hunter : Four poems

"I'm Waiting for the Ecology of District 6 to Right Itself"   Dreamed that there were regular housewarming parties at someone else...

periodicityjournal.blogspot.com

Jennifer May Newhook : How does a poem begin?

How does a poem begin?       I do not know how a poem begins, only that it does . . .and if I’m very lucky, in my own work, at some poin...

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Jennifer May Newhook : How does a poem begin?

How does a poem begin?       I do not know how a poem begins, only that it does . . .and if I’m very lucky, in my own work, at some poin...

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Carrie Hunter : Four poems

"I'm Waiting for the Ecology of District 6 to Right Itself"   Dreamed that there were regular housewarming parties at someone else...

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Process Note #75 : Mai-Linh Hong

The 'process note’ pieces were originally solicited by Maw Shein Win as addendum to her teaching particular poems and poetry collections for...

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Louis Bourgeois : THE FLAT EARTH EXCAVATION COMPANY : (Conversation with Ernest Hekkanen)

Arguably, The New Orphic Review is one of the most important literary journals in Canada, and its influence is certainly felt in smal...

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Michael Sikkema : An interview with Aakriti Kuntal (part two,

Small Press Intravues:  Occasional Interviews with writers working and publishing in the small press ecosystem Interview #21 (part two...

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Cary Fagan : Four poems from Useful Poems

Painting Poem I don’t want to paint a mural a cathedral’s ceiling the brick wall beside   the Korean grocery  I want to paint a da...

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Clare Thiessen : on Broke Press

Alright, fine, after years of rob hounding me for a little write-up of broke press I’m finally gonna do it! I’m gonna do it guys!!!...

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