#CanadianWriters
Let others pray for the passenger… the dodo, the whooping crane, the… everyone must specialize I will confine myself to a meditat… upon the giant tortoises
An affair with Raymond Chandler, what a joy! Not because of the mangled bodies and the marinated cops and hints of eccentric sex, but because of his interest in furniture. He kn...
He is here, come down to look for… It is the song that calls you back… a song of joy and suffering equally: a promise: that things will be different up t…
This is the one song everyone would like to learn: the song that is irresistible: the song that forces men to leap overboard in squadrons
The snake hunts and sinews his way along and is not his own idea of viciousness. All he wants… a fast grab, with fur and a rapid pulse, so he can take that flutter…
i The children on the lawn joined hand to hand go round and round each arm going into
Secrecy flows through you, a different kind of blood. It’s as if you’ve eaten it like a bad candy, taken it into your mouth,
All those times I was bored out of my mind. Holding the log while he sawed it. Holding the string while he measured, boar… distances between things, or pound…
There is nothing to be afraid of, it is only the wind changing to the east, it is only your father the thunder your mother the rain
He, who navigated with success the dangerous river of his own bir… once more set forth on a voyage of discovery into the land I floated on
When you hear me singing you get the rifle down and the flashlight, aiming for my… but you always miss and when you set out the poison
Gone are the days when you could walk on water. When you could walk. The days are gone. Only one day remains,
In winter the beach is empty but south, so there is no snow. Empty can mean either peaceful or desolate. Two kinds of people walk here:
In restaurants we argue over which of us will pay for your… though the real question is whether or not I will make you imm… At the moment only I
He was the sort of man who wouldn’t hurt a fly. Many flies are now alive while he is not. He was not my patron.