T.S. Eliot’s modernist poetic suite, The Waste Land, of 1922, was born of the Götterdämmerung that was The Great War. Its voices (personas) recount the loss of faith, the rubble-proven absurdity of European (colonial) ‘superiority,’ and the brazen (sexual) amorality afflicting its civilzation, i.e., the displacement of Jesus by jazz, of classicism by capitalism, and of law-and-order by the orgasm.Â
A GOOGLE MAPS VIEW OF THE HOUSE WHERE I GREW UP by John Barton | Poem in Re-view
Check out our Poem in Re-view section featuring the great poem A GOOGLE MAPS VIEW OF THE HOUSE WHERE I GREW UP by John Barton.
ANNOUNCING NEW CHAPBOOK: THE WASTE LAND PROJECT
The Waste Land Project by Madhur Anand, Alex Averbuch, Erin Robinsong, A. F. Moritz, Halyna Kruk, and Iryna Shuvalova is now available in print and digital formats.
We are honored to share this important and powerful chapbook. Only 125 numbered print copies are available, so secure yours while you can. Visit our website to order your copy.Â
IF YOUR DREAMS ARE ENDING by Elana Wolff | Poem in Re-view
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Congratulations to Vallum’s chapbook award winners 2025!
Vallum is so pleased to congratulate the winners of this year’s Chapbook Award!
Congratulations to all three poets for their outstanding work.
2025 Vallum Chapbook Award Shortlist
We’re honoured to share the shortlist for the 2025 Vallum Chapbook Award.
Each manuscript: a world. Each poet: a force.
Thank you to all who submitted.
CAUGHT by Angeline Schellenberg | Poem in Re-view
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*Poems from the Crowd* is now available!
Explore the poems of contemporary poets for the donation price of $2 CDN (in digital format). We’ve also published a special, limited print edition of 100 copies for this first issue of the series: Summer 2025. ($8) Happy reading!Â
SKATEBOARD from a chapbook by Thurston Moore and John Kinsella | Poem in Re-view
Check out our Poem in Re-view section featuring the great poem SKATEBOARD from a chapbook by Thurston Moore and John Kinsella.