“The accordion is the best instrument for mournful occasions because it is melancholy and beautiful and cumbersome and ridiculous at the same time.” – Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows
Author: LaurieMacFayden
river (exerpt)
to make a river proud — i do not have the tools for this. river says yes, you do, child. yes you have eyes, ears, strong hands and a fine heart. you are my beloved and i will always be proud of you.
11/13/15
there is a bridge covered in locks some with no keys, some sealed with long-forgotten combinations some quietly closed with ribbons, with twine there is a cathedral owned by gargoyles pigeons and peasants there is a tomb covered in small stones flower petals, metro tickets, teeth, candy, gratitude another tomb queerly smothered in lipstick kisses […]
hit refresh and let internet wash over you
(source: online newsalizm headlines and good ol’ yummy e-spam) you wrote that you looking moped rental and chicago here you have all what I found: put down your brush comet holds the secret to life cup of tea the answer why women really love wearing shoes (what message are you sending with your shoes?) tori spelling’s […]
just to say
this is just to say i got your note. really, willy. the last plums. you knew i was saving them and still you ate them. all of them. so delicious and so cold. fine. i hope they froze your tongue. you have always been selfish. ~~~ this is just to answer your note: i’m sorry you […]
something i wish i’d written; by bob hicok
Other Lives And Dimensions And Finally A Love Poem My left hand will live longer than my right. The rivers of my palms tell me so. Never argue with rivers. Never expect your lives to finish at the same time. I think praying, I think clapping is how hands mourn. I think staying up and waiting […]
the stars are watching you
if i could come to where you are if i could touch your shining face if i could hold your broken hand if i could sit with you in the treetops my eyes grow dim but i could sculpt you in the dark and the stars, the stars are watching you even when night is […]
friday nights in grade 8
we had no boys at our parties just tea and cribbage sometimes a bowl of bugles beatles 45s and one glass of pop each if mom was in a good mood she loves you ya ya ya 8 days a week baby it’s you we hung off each other and slowdanced a clumsy box-step shuffle […]
Another Golden opportunity
My second book, Kissing Keeps Us Afloat, was honoured with a Golden Crown Literary Society Award in the poetry category in July. I was not able to attend the awards ceremony in July in New Orleans, so this afternoon Frontenac House publishers Rose and David Scollard have invited me to crash their Quartet 2015 preview party (2 p.m., Harcourt […]