2010 Handbook for Entering Canada
For Howard White
Are you bringing any fruits or vegetables into Canada?
Have you visited a farm in the last 30 days?
Are you now or have you ever been a member of a group that disagreed with government?
Do you intend to ride the zip line?
Do you approve of product placement in movies?
Do you like my uniform?
Are you bringing into [...]
In Praise of Female Athletes Who Were Told No
PDF Version
For the 14 female ski jumpers petitioning to be included
in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
Despite the glory of color it’s easy to be the butterfly;
It’s hard to be the dog or to remain like the river stone.
For Christ sake little lady, sit down you’ve been told.
Because he thought that a woman short [...]
Today After Rain
Today after rain
the streets are bare
and smell only of dust.
The service station is broken
and the cars sleep like bodies of beetles
pinned in line by the careful
hand of an entomologist.
The sky opens like a cabinet
and inside there is blue
but then quickly
clouds move and the door
slams shut. A collapse
of black on the ground
and down each street
there is no [...]
