Featuring innovative poetry by Trish Salah, a series by Khashayer “Kess” Mohammadi, an allusive and luring poem by Samantha Martin-Bird, among many other dreamy works. Find lush poems by the 2022 Vallum Poetry Award winner Jasmine Gui, and finalist Emilie Lafleur. Plus, an interview with David Ly, author of Dream of Me As Water, as well as new poetry book reviews. Introducing gorgeous collage art by Luce Hua, the winner of the 2023 Vallum Art Prize.
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Table of contents
POETRY
Veronique Synnott — THE MAKING OF A RELATIONSHIP
Kelly Norah Drukker — BASEMENT/CLEARING
Jeffrey Mackie — MACHINES
Meredith Darling — PHOTO BOMBS FOR DUMB FAMILY
Susan McMaster — A FAMILIAR DREAM NUDGES
Vanessa McCuaig — EVERY NIGHT, IN OUR DREAMS
Cara Nelissen — MORNING
Justin Timbol — 22:22
Julie Paul — MAYBE IT WAS THE GRASS-FED BUTTER
Richard C. Owens — ANIMA
Colleen Russett — PHANTASM
Debra Bennett — THROAT SONGS AT MIDNIGHT
Guy Elston — THE DREAM HISTORIAN’S DREAM
Rose Cullis — A NIGHTMARE IS A WEASEL
Tanis MacDonald — BESIDE
Ellie Chartier — THE BEDROOM
Catherine Graham — LAST SHADOW
Jan Jorgensen — INCUBUS
Charlene Kwiatkowski — ROUND AND ROUND IT GOES
Neil Garvie — ESCAPE FROM AMBIGUITY
Hana Woodbridge — OUR THIN PLACE
Jeremy Desjarlais — FOR ROTHKO, FOR LONDON
Elana Wolff — IF YOUR DREAMS ARE ENDING
Rose Maloukis — WE CANNOT LIVE WITH RELENTLESS UGLY
Misha Solomon — OPEN YOUR MIND
Léa Taranto — LOST
Colin Robertson — THE MOON
Frank Klaassen — STRUMMING MEMORY
Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi — A SERIES OF EXORCISMS
Darian Razdar — NEST
Erin Wilson — INVENTION
Angeline Schellenberg — CAUGHT
Shane Molyneaux — COMA
Alden Wallace — COUSIN MAC
Samantha Martin-Bird — MISHIPESHU
Kevin Irie — PERCHANCE TO DREAM
Natalie Podaima — FURNITURE
Ben Robinson — DREAM HOME
Trish Salah — PROCEDURES FOR TURNING
2022 Vallum Poetry Award***
Jasmine Gui, Winner — RESURGENT ARTEFACTS
Emilie Lafleur, Finalist — DISTANCE
Interview***
Jake Byrne — DREAM OF ME AS WATER: Catching up with David Ly
REVIEWS***
Bill Neumire — Review of The Most Charming Creatures By Gary Barwin
Patrick Connors — Review of The Quiet in Me by Patrick Lane
Tara McGowan-Ross — Review of Trailer Park Shakes by Justene Dion-Glowa
ART
All images from the series “Of daydreams and nightmares,” © 2023 Luce Hua ***
***Select excerpts of 20:1 can be read online for free. To read the entire issue, purchase a subscription or a single issue.
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