We make political statements with cupcakes
While half the world burns
They can’t rebuild their broken lives
With our candy floss concerns
Tag Archives: Poetry
When the Singing’s Done
Through the boredom in the quiet
He’d start to softly sing.
When Life
When devastating changes happen
Unexpected
Unforeseen
Seize the happiness you have and hold it close
Darkness Lingers
All the love I’ve experienced
Has felt like pain
Like a bolt of lightning
Through a warm spring rain
10 Notable Canadian Literary Magazines
If you’re a Canadian writer looking for a home for your work that’s a little more close to home, look no further. This is far from a comprehensive list, but what follows are ten quality literary publications that are based in Canada (with one exception).
What Makes a Poem a Poem?
Poetry is a term that rebuffs all definition. It is a form of literature too multifaceted, too abstract to neatly define.
Quietly Important
She’s quietly important, but
She’s on the brink
I can feel her slipping away
Function of Solitude
from afar you can never know the hollow warmth inside
Insomnia Inspires
In haze between tomorrow and today
When midnight’s passed but morning not quite here
Strange thoughts arrive to find me in the dark
Drifting dreams and imaginings unclear
Happiness
But then in time
Too soon it’s easy to forget
What it was like when she was gone,
What you were like without her there.
Aly Writes 