Simple thing to say is that they first day of spring marks a point of great relief among those with… Read more First Spring Sprouts Bring Thoughts of Creation
Author: pastoralsatori
Poet, writer, and publisher living in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Author of Big Medicine comes to Erie (Black Moss Press 2016) and This City at the Crossroads (Black Moss Press 2017) Lenape. Turtle Clan.
Lost in the Hoosier Heartland: Notes from the Desk of D.A. Lockhart
I’ve been thinking and working a great deal in the realm of Indiana, getting lost in the Hoosier Heartland if… Read more Lost in the Hoosier Heartland: Notes from the Desk of D.A. Lockhart
Improvisation as Narrative: Some Thoughts on Michael Ondaatje’s Coming Through Slaughter
Coming Through Slaugher Michael Ondaatje House of Anansi ISBN: 0-88784-051-5 156 pgs As a poet and a trained fiction writer,… Read more Improvisation as Narrative: Some Thoughts on Michael Ondaatje’s Coming Through Slaughter
On the Receipt of One Cardinal Feather: the Weariness of Testifying and the Weight of Colonial Voices.
About a month back, Creator was kind enough to have given me the gift on a single cardinal feather. After… Read more On the Receipt of One Cardinal Feather: the Weariness of Testifying and the Weight of Colonial Voices.
To Ponder in One’s Time Apart: A Brief Review of and Thoughts on Campbell McGrath’s Shannon
Let’s start here. I met Campbell McGrath during my first semester at Indiana University – Bloomington. He was in town… Read more To Ponder in One’s Time Apart: A Brief Review of and Thoughts on Campbell McGrath’s Shannon
Notes on New Work: Sandwich Sonnets and the Windsor Group of Seven
Talk on the sonnet series commissioned for Windsor, Ontario’s Sandwich Neighbourhood.
Why Political Prizes Don’t Matter
Let’s start here: When I heard that Bob Dylan received a Nobel Prize in Literature I thought it was an… Read more Why Political Prizes Don’t Matter
The Swagger of William T. Riker
Let’s start with an observation. Smooth-talking bearded men who flip their legs over chair backs to sit in them shouldn’t… Read more The Swagger of William T. Riker
Kicking at the Roots with Dick Hugo’s Montana of Yore.
So the last time I posted there, I had definitely started in on little bit of “look at my roots… Read more Kicking at the Roots with Dick Hugo’s Montana of Yore.
The Thing with Essays on Craft
Let me begin by saying this: Richard Hugo’s Triggering Town is one of the most important books that I’ve ever encountered.… Read more The Thing with Essays on Craft
Wazhashk Poetry 