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Referendum Trudeau

He campaigned in poetry but governed in prose

Rinkside Reading

What does hockey’s literature say about the sport?

Alarm Bells

Fort McMurray and fires hence

Sandy Shreve

Sandy Shreve’s most recent books are her poetry collection Suddenly, So Much (Exile Editions, 2005) and the anthology In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry (co-edited with Kate Braid; Polestar/Raincoast Books, 2005). Her chapbook, Cedar Cottage Suite, is now available from Leaf Press.

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Sandy Shreve

Carnival Yard

A poem December 2007
Thrushes back! Juncos! Yard’s a-hoppin’ — towhees, too… Winter carnival! Whee! to winter! Yard- hopping, too! Carnival’s back — Thrushes. A junco. Winter yard: Juncos, thrushes, towhees hopping back to a carnival. Backyard carnival — jocant towhees, thrushes, us: oo, winter’s hoppin’! Hoppin’ juncos, yard’s a towhee carnival! Two thrushes. Winter’s back. Backyard towhees hush; juncos stop…