Yearly Archives: 2006

Blues-oriented form fiends may like to check out the latest Paul Reddick cd, Villanelle. I heard him interviewed a while back, but wasn’t paying full attention at the time; it seems to me he said that many (all?) of the … Continue reading →

Al Purdy’s very topical just now. Not only is his Rooms for Rent in the Outer Planets: Selected Poems, 1962-1996 up for Canada Reads , the CBC is airing a documentary about him called “Yours, Al” this coming Thursday, April … Continue reading →

One more note on “luminous” as a poetry cliché: I would like to plead special exemption for Edward Lear, who wins my prize for the best use of luminous in a poem title: The Dong With the Luminous Nose. A … Continue reading →

From the incomparable 1955 edition of the Good Housekeeping Cookbook – its pages starting to scallop at the edges, spine restored long ago with silver duct tape – and with a little customization, one of my mother’s triumphs: Queen of … Continue reading →

A year ago this week we lost our lovely Sara: Australian Shepherdess extraordinaire, aged 16. …your gaze could curemultitudes, the silk of your headsoothe any worry.You teach us to tasteeach morning as if it’s our first. And day after day … Continue reading →