rob mclennan
last night: thirteen lines
(for tina
1. winsome ways her three-pronged, your
2. exhibition sound raise echoes; sirens, lights
3. nervous tension shakes foundations lay
4. ______________________
5. would give ontology; ontological
6. a capacity of rooms & windows, wishing
7. the sleep of a small frame; curtain
8. ______________________
9. a party patsy cline vodka song & dance
10. I am off no map for counting; cats
11. shepherd in her dance hall view
12. ______________________
13. says, its the species that troubles
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rob mclennan lives in Ottawa, Canada's glorious capital city. The author of a dozen trade collections of poetry, he has a number of projects forthcoming, including The Ottawa City Project (2007, Chaudiere Books: Canada) and a compact of words (2007, Salmon: Ireland) as well as a collection of literary essays with ECW Press in Toronto. He often posts rants, reviews, essays and other blather at his increasingly clever blog: robmclennan.blogspot.com
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Fantastic! rob mclennan's one of our country's greatest poets. Glad to see he's catching on abroad ;)
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