The ability to move oneself towards future possibilities and potentials brings us to bridges, to principles of connection. Our current social and mental states can often seem to function on the premise of fragmentation, with past and present chaos always sweeping away a moment of coming together. The bridging of gaps and grounding in the wake of instability is crucial to our personal, and collective, well-being.
The poetry in this issue speaks about these fractures and uncertainties and our abilities to overcome them, to build bridges. This issue features an interview with bpNichol Chapbook Award-winning poet Matthew James Weigel and new poems by rob mclennan, Johnson Cheu, Jami Macarty, and more. The issue also includes poems from the 2021 Vallum Poetry Award winners, Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi and Robyn Maree Pickens, as well as reviews by Bill Neumire and Deanna Fong. Artwork is from the winner of the 2022 Vallum Cover Award, Nora Kelly!
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Table of contents
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
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