To Grace Bridges Trees, grown tall at a vale crevasse, crowd its edge. They long to fulfill their purpose. Toward nightfall a loud wind reaches gale-strength. Yelling Timber! felling several. Blown horizontal, giant fir swap height for length. One trunk among these breaches the gap. Our forebears may not be so bold as you’d think.…
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
