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Best Canadian poetry 2023 / guest editor: John Barton ; series editor: Anita Lahey.

Barton, John, 1957- (Added Author). Lahey, Anita. (Added Author).

Summary:

Selected by editor John Barton, the 2023 edition of 'Best Canadian Poetry' showcases the best Canadian poetry writing published in 2021. Barton lives in Victoria, BC.

Record details

ISBN: 9781771964999
ISBN: 1771964995
Physical Description: 187 pages ; 21 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword -- Introduction -- Adjusting the Psychotropics by Triny Finlay -- Alert by Stephanie Bolster -- Angels: 215 >, 1820-1979 by Louise Bernice Halfe-Sky Dancer -- Attention Deficit by Tawahum Bige -- The Big Dark by Patrick Grace -- Calling It Back to Me by Laurie D. Graham -- Cancel Culture by Penn Kemp -- Choice by Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang -- coitophobia by Sarah Hilton -- Consider the Peony by Helen Han Wei Luo -- Coyote (Canis latrans) by Jordan Mounteer -- Dear Ranchers, Wolves Are Kind by Eva H.D. -- Dérangement: Île Saint-Jean by Adrian Southin -- The Enemy by River Halen

Event Coordinator Moving into Project Management by Jake Byrne -- Far from Rome by Jan Zwicky -- Father Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Enters into Heaven by Tom Wayman -- Fathers Day Homage to Robert Kroetsch by Karl Jirgens -- The Grannies in Dew Dresses by K.R. Segriff -- i elitere lyric poetry by Helen Cho -- He Thinks It's Their First Book by Susan Braley -- I Thrust My Left Arm Forward While Thinking of the Past by J.J. Steinfeld -- interior bar, 1986 by Christina Shah -- James by Lise Gaston -- kiskatinaw interlude by Samantha Nock -- The Last Thing I'll Remember by Michael Dunwoody

Late by Sandy Shreve -- A Mirror of Hieronymus Bosch by Elee Kraljii Gardiner -- nobody cums rat poison anymore by Sophie Crocker -- A Note on the Use of the Term Genocide by Randy Lundy -- Observed and Observing, That's Him by Armand Garnet Ruffo -- On Homecoming by Jeremy Loveday -- Oxblood by Susan Gillis -- Parts of the Needle, Manitoba, Canada 1870 by Michelle Porter -- Pet Names by Lucas Crawford -- Pistil Pumping by Conyer Clayton -- Poem after Group Text Anticipating Next Millennium's Sushi Date by Eric Wang -- Potato by Rebekah Rempel -- A Red Brick by Tyler Engström

Release by Richard Sanger -- River Boys by Mobólúwajídìde D. Joseph -- She Takes Me Deep by Moni Brar -- Soil by Bertrand Bickersteth -- tattoo ideas by Evelyna Ekoko-Kay -- Thigmomorphogenesis by Kathryn Nogue -- Tinnitus by Colin Morton -- To the woman with him now: by Leslie Joy Ahenda -- The Tragedian by Billy-Ray Belcourt -- Why did we bury the ashes? by Nedda Sarshar -- You Are Story by Beth Goobie -- Contributors' Commentary and Biographies -- Notable Poems -- Magazines Consulted -- Index to Poets -- Acknowledgements -- Editor Biographies -- Copyright