I’m drawn toward poetry that is visceral, descriptive and accessible rather than academic. I was excited to discover this new collection by Vilma Blenman, which accomplishes all three. Like a filmmaker, Blenman pulls the reader into her scenes, so that we feel as though we are experiencing them first-hand. Blenman has lived her adult life…
My sister cares for her dying friend. /
Between chemo appointments /
they watch Netflix together . . .
In these days of doomscrolling and bad news, we all need stories of inspiration. Liz Harvey-Fould’s book Dreams, Prayers and Miracles fits the bill perfectly. It tells the incredible story of MEMO (Medical Equipment Mobilization Opportunity), a Thunder Bay non-profit organization founded by retired doctor Jerome Harvey in 2004. MEMO was initially intended as a…
When Liz Straiton, a member of Redwood Park Church in Thunder Bay, Ontario, was asked to make reusable communion cups to replace the disposable plastic ones in use, she accepted the challenge. She glazed and fired over 500 dishwasher-safe cups over eight weeks. Each individual cup is small and lightweight, similar in size to the…
God scatters leaves / the way my grandchildren scatter / their drawings. / Too intent on creating to pause, / they make another / and another.
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