See, here’s the thing. I do not like winter. It does not agree with me. It depresses me, it makes me cold and cranky and ornery and sad. So why do I reside in a city that is occupied by winter for a minimum of five months each year? And not just mild winter; HARSH […]
Author: Laurie MacFayden
why don’t dreams speak english
(revised for november 11, 2011) why don’t dreams speak english why do i crave coffee and salt why can’t two or more lovers vie for my affection with flowers sonnets, chocolate, pearls & boat trips down the seine why don’t we hold hands anymore why don’t we give people names to war games like we […]
torontosaurus wrecks
News item, February 2011: Toronto the Good ditches longtime nicknames T.O., T.Dot and Hogtown; dubs itself ‘El Toro.’ Dear Toronto, Please refer to Seinfeld episode #175: You cannot give yourself a nickname. It must be bestowed upon you by others. As George Costanza discovered, when you try to get people to call you ‘T-Bone’ you […]
Let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic
More Orange Flowers For Jack, acrylic on canvas, Laurie MacFayden 2011 Orange Flowers, acrylic on canvas, 20×24, Laurie MacFayden 2011
5-star review for White Shirt
Nice to know that, more than a year after its publication, new readers are still trying White Shirt on for size. Lovely review posted on Amazon.com a couple of weeks ago by Rob Jacques of Puget Sound; here are just a few snippets: Poems about an implacable determination to experience joy Laurie MacFayden’s poems are […]
Wet Your Eyes
The Poetry of Water Consider what water represents to you – symbolically, elementally, metaphorically – when viewing The Poetry of Water, a solo exhibition of 24 of my paintings currently on display at the Kaasa Gallery, lower level of Edmonton’s Jubilee Auditorium. Water refreshes. It has the power to calm us, cleanse us, mesmerize us […]
Lambda Awards: Spotlight on White Shirt
The good folks at the Lambda Literary Awards have posted one of my white-shirted poems, when lust and prayer collide, in the run-up to next week’s gala ceremony. I’m still pretty much pinching myself at the thought of being in the same room as Edward Albee and Stephanie Powers. Kate Clinton and Katherine Forrest might […]
A Goldie Opportunity
White Shirt has been shortlisted for another literary award. Last month my debut poetry book was named a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards. Today I received an email from the Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS), informing me that the book is also a finalist for the “Goldies” in the lesbian poetry category. The GCLS […]
