I’m thrilled to be part of this new motion poem video project by Randall Edwards. 50 words made its debut on March 31, with my poem Begin. 12 poets were asked to pen a 50-word poem on the theme of ‘Beginnings.’ PRECISELY 50 words. No easy task, as it turns out. We laid down the vocal tracks in […]
Writing
canada (palindrome)
it was so different in the ’70s it was plaid bellbottoms and sideburns it was draft dodging and october crisis it was fresh science and a whole nation beating the soviets in hockey we were so much more than prisons and fighter jets we were clean and polite and happily multicultural we sewed maple leafs […]
hallelujah moments
1. the first time i rode a two-wheeler, dad’s steadying hand at the ready but not necessary. hallelujah! 2. the time mom suggested i use a bigger bat because i was older now, and i resisted, but she insisted, so to please her i tried joey’s louisville slugger and swung hard and i hit a […]
when the shackles come off
my therapist says it’s all about sex i say no: what about god, and honeybees, and sentences complex? my therapist says which parent made you sad i say no: this is not about mom or dad it’s about hummingbirds and tap lessons and being pushed off the dock and that time i stole nickels from […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]