Chrysalism The amniotic tranquility of being inside during a thunderstorm. ……- from John Koenig's Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Outside, a thunderstorm darkens. Violence lurks. At a border. An office. An airport. A market. A railway yard. A subway station. A mall. A school. A restaurant. A rally. A concert. Safe inside, the…
TABLE OF CONTENT
POETRY
- Robert Hogg, DELIBERATIONS AT KITSILANO POINT
- Julie Mannell, I COULD BE SOMEBODY WHO SOMEBODY COULD CALL ON
- Tola Sylvan, JUNCTION FULL OF LIGHT
- Alex Starr, WHORLD
- Mary Kelly, MY BODY AS A CONVERSATION STARTER
- Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi, CHRISTMAS 20**
- Jerry Prager, TAKING THE FERRY
- Jenny Berkel, SELF-PORTRAIT
- Jeffrey Mackie, BRIDGES
- Johnson Cheu, CHRYSALISM
- Tasha Hefford, I’M REALLY SORRY FOR SPREADING ERRONEOUS NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
- Jonathan Focht, AT THE PARK
- rob mclennan, FOUR POEMS FOR PETER VAN TOORN
- Breanna Ho, HOW TO SWIM
- Amlanjyoti Goswami, THE DAY I MADE IT TO HARVARD
- Jennie Chantal Duguay, EXCULPATION
- Brad Davis, JUST VISITING
- James Wyshynski, HOW ARE THE DEAD RAISED UP AND WITH WHAT BODY DO THEY COME?
- Haylee Millikan, ROAD CLOSURE
- Jane Stuart, UNTITLED (“COLD WET SAND”)
- Meghan Kemp-Gee, IN THE FUTURE
- Jami Macarty, IS OCCURRING
- Leland James, DEER CREEK BRIDGE
- Bob MacKenzie, MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
- Lawrence Bridges, NEW DAY
- M-A Murphy, NOT MUCH WITHOUT
- Sharon Lax, /BRIJ/ OR BRYCG—QUÉBEC, AUGUST 29, 1907
- Tom Gannon Hamilton, TO GRACE BRIDGES
2021 VALLUM POETRY AWARD WINNERS
- Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi, First Place – MY CITY THE CITY***
- Robyn Maree Pickens, Second Place – ELEGY***
INTERVIEW
REVIEWS
- Deanna Fong, “Who Am I (To You)?”: REVIEW OF DREAM OF NO ONE BUT MYSELF BY DAVID BRADFORD
- Bill Neumire, REVIEW OF OЯACULE BY NICOLE RAZIYA FONG
ART – WINNER OF THE 2022 VALLUM COVER AWARD
