Author: rebeccaslehmann

From the Author: In the past year, as everything around us spins out of control, I’ve grown fascinated by the unit of the sentence, particularly the choreography of syntax. Using digital erasure and collage to explore source materials in this way invites closer attention to language, and affords a nice distance from a unified “I,”… Continue reading Avni Vyas

The Sunlight A man climbed to the top of a palm tree. It was the beginning of summer. He looked out into the ocean when he got to the top of the tree. Waves and surfers. Seagulls and sunshine. He was inspired by the view; so much so, that he wrote a song. The song… Continue reading Jose Hernandez Diaz

The Spaces Between Them From City of Toronto press releases about housed people in the time of Covid-19   the weather is nice in our great city   quiet streets are neighbourhood streets   creating more safe space   the volume of park-goers that were publicly intoxicated were a challenge   compliance through education and… Continue reading H. E. Casson

Poet Wrestling with  ::   What Happens Now ::                                      Healing is not those who made me  keep peace who. Said I must. Death. Often & squander. To convalesce, to reach  a number. Called. Night. Slept. Bitter. Sweat. Swagger. Embedded. To be de. -tained  in. Flash. Backs. Calm. Catch. Muzzle. Ranged. & unspoiled. Match. Point. Wet.  Ash, no longer just. Miss. Another. Bullet. Artful. Dodge when. No more crumbs,  no… Continue reading Rosebud Ben-Oni

Dear voices fill a room beyond the wall       fill my ear, my cup, so far for us to go       undersea, aboveground, feeling       for a level surface upon the earth       the timbres, the changes, lovely, in accordance        barely vibrating these bones… Continue reading Jared Stanley