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From the archives

Object Lessons

Lisa Alward’s debut collection

The Other Side of “Irish Eyes”

Brian Mulroney abroad and at home

But Is It Trash?

Evaluating art in the age of conspicuous consumption

Reclamation

Darling

As we stand before the window
in our private morning,
I reclaim the word
from all your past lovers

The sky stammers,
breaks into light, reveals
a palette of birds at the feeders:
blue jays, cardinals, a shock
of yellow finches

Our small world
sings its green vernacular,
its language of growth

Darling, I say
with the absolute trust
of the bird for its wing

A word-seed,
Love

Eva Tihanyi is the author of five books of poetry, including Wresting the Grace of the World (Black Moss, 2005) and Restoring the Wickedness (Thistledown, 2000). She teaches at Niagara College in Welland, Ontario, and is a regular book reviewer for the National Post. She recently completed her first short story collection and is now contemplating a novel.

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