ZERO + ONE No thing, a zero in the amber of time, then one. At the edge of the mind a soft rime: then one. The brook was running clear. Now it’s gone. I’m here, cried the killdeer, I’m here. Now it’s gone. Jewels of rain like We’ll grow rich with water, Like every number…
TABLE OF CONTENT
POETRY
- William Grant, OTHER SIDE
- Matt Rader, ZERO + ONE
- Moni Brar, THE UNTOUCHABLES
- Shazia Hafiz Ramji, IN SINGAPORE I WAS SERBIAN
- Michael Ricketti, UNTITLED
- Skylar Kay, SUBMERGED
- A.F. Moritz, HOUSE
- Leland James, LAMENT FROM THE EIGHTH CIRCLE OF HELL
- Christopher Levenson, MR SCHLESINGER
- Lynn Tait, NO CERTIFICATE CAN EXPLAIN ME
- Jacob Scheier, A GHOST STORY
- Julia Gibson, BEING SEEN
- Poonam Dhir, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY: I ONLY REMEMBER THE GIRL
- Francis Flavin, RAIN PORTAL
- Josephine LoRe, DREAMS OF THE DEAD
- Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran, ENTREATY: INVITE FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR
- Jeffrey Mackie, CRACKS
- Julie Eliopoulos, THE ODESSA SHOW
- Jami Macarty, LUSTROUS FUGITIVE
- Ellen Chang-Richardson, PLEASE TELL ME THIS WILL NOT LAST FOREVER
- Naomi Kanakia, THE GIRL
- Shane Neilson, THE WEEPING TENSE
- Elana Wolff, SOTTO VOCE
- Dr. Deidra Suwanne Dees, MUSCOGEE PEARLS
- Jim Nason, ENVY
- Janine Certo, CONSPIRACY THEORY
- Steven Heighton, FAMILIAL \ SINGING IN THE GRAVE
- Roxanna Bennett, SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT
- Lauren Turner, THE SECOND PERSON HAS DEPARTED
- Fawn Parker, 1986, THE FIELDS COMPANY OF CHICAGO
- Julia Teeluck, WASTED
- gary lundy, YOU WILL MISS THE ARBITRARY
- Myna Wallin, NOT MY FAULT
- Susan Gillis, LATE OCTOBER, MORNING, EARLY, FACING SOUTH
VALLUM POETRY AWARD 2020 WINNERS
- j tate barlow, First Place – WALKING INTO AUGUST IN EAST-END TORONTO 2020
- Mary Trafford, Second Place – BORDER CROSSINGS
INTERVIEW
ESSAY
REVIEWS
- Bill Neumire, REVIEW OF PHILLIS BY ALISON CLARKE \ REVIEW OF THE FOOL BY JESSIE JONES
- Jami Macarty, REVIEW OF WAKING TO SNOW BY ROBERT MACLEAN
ART
DIGITAL EXTRAS
- Roxanna Bennett, PETITE SPHINXES ERMITE
- George Elliott Clarke, WHITEWASH*** \ TOWARDS A DECLENSION OF “UNPRECEDENTED”
- Angela Rebrec, A SERIES OF OPPOSING REFLECTIONS IN A HOUSE OF MIRRORS
- Spenser Smith, DREAM JOURNAL AND INTERPRETATION FROM A SOBER, HUNGRY ADDICT
- Jason Santerre, WHAT IT IS
- Denise Raike, MID-ATLANTIC
- Matt Pasca, VIRGA***
VALLUM POETRY AWARD 2020 HONOURABLE MENTIONS