May 1Spotlight series #85 : Eric SchmaltzCurated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month. Artist Statement This poem is excerpted from a book-length manuscript entitled Intimət, which investigates the tension between poetry as an expressive art form and the ever-evolving crises for truth, surveillance, and…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Apr 3Spotlight series #84 : Emmalea RussoCurated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month. AUTHOR STATEMENT Poetry: utterly unreachable and always there for the taking — eerie-close. It smashes and pieces back together the technology of language. When it reaches a fever pitch, I begin…Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read
Mar 6Spotlight series #83 : Jérôme MelançonCurated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month. STATEMENT Perception is not limited to the senses, or to sense. Why then make it solely a matter of attention, of focus? Why limit myself to expression? Why stop at the…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Feb 6Spotlight series #82 : Tom PrimeCurated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month. STATEMENT These poems are a mixture of quoted, satirized, and re-appropriated lines from a variety of early-modern English plays and poems, interwoven with voices, memories, and incidents from my own life…Canadian Poetry3 min readCanadian Poetry3 min read
Jan 2Spotlight series #81 : Nathanael O’ReillyCurated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month. ARTIST’S STATEMENT: I was born in Warrnambool, Australia, on Gunditjmara country, a descendant of convicts & immigrants from Ireland, England, Wales & Portugal. My ancestors farmed in the Western District of…Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read
Dec 5, 2022Spotlight series #80 : Nanci LeeCurated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month. STATEMENT Poems are how I metabolize, calibrate, recalibrate. A way of climbing back into my body. Sitting with something that’s moved or puzzled me. Or playing with a different ending. It’s…Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read
Nov 7, 2022Spotlight series #79 : Victoria MbabaziCurated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month. ARTIST’S STATEMENT I am a writer who is concerned with how I am feeling. I use “I” a lot in my poems. I write because it is the only place where…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Oct 3, 2022Spotlight series #78 : Jennifer BakerCurated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month. ARTIST’S STATEMENT I might describe much of my poetry as confessional imagist lyric, most of the time, but I also have an interest in experimental poetic forms, like erasure poetry. …Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read
Sep 5, 2022Spotlight series #77 : Simon BrownCurated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month. STATEMENT Poetry is an attempt. An attempt on (my) life? This isn’t an original thought, but still. When I really think about it, it seems to me that each poem must…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Aug 1, 2022Spotlight series #76 : Laura KerrCurated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month. STATEMENT These asemic digital poems are inspired by my garden and the patterns of light, shadow, and colour. I work collaboratively with my computer and input my photographs, drawings and text…Asemic Writing2 min readAsemic Writing2 min read
