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by Erin White The dog might howl forever, if unleashed As any loving thing is bound to do The body of the storm is blind belief The hound is sound and knowing in the centre. We kneel before the Operation Orders With weapons wrought in iron’s imitant We spill our holy wine along the bordersContinue reading “Current Events”

by Grey Fairclough (Selkirk First Nation) Honest performance Awkward unrefined passion Exciting efforts

poem by Jeff Oro

by Jessica Findlay The sun continues to rise the wind continues to blow life goes on, as if it doesn’t know that you left me. You have gone where I cannot follow into the eye of the storm, that rages on inside you. The moon continues to glow lighting the way forward, from the darkestContinue reading “For Ophelia”

by Audrey Vickers (Ts’msyen Nation) when you approached the river you greeted it gently a hand, a foot, a leg, an arm you let it wash over your body and took a deep breath of icy cold air you coated your lungs with frost you spoke to the currents with grace inhaling deeply, submerging yourContinue reading “Untitled”

by Grey Fairclough (Selkirk First Nation) Her presence serene A cozy autumn garden The sun, her smile

by Jess Lee It wasn’t love, or if it was, not quite – not as we name it now, with clearer eyes. You touched my sleeve. The air forgot the night. A silence bloomed, and I mistook the signs. We never kissed. I carry that unkiss like ash beneath the tongue – bitter, intact. YourContinue reading “First Touch”