After the success of previous themed issues such as “Liminal“, “Bad“, and “Dreams” we decided we just had to do another one! PRISM’s RUIN issue seeks writing that interrogates destruction, loss, and what it means to rebuild. Ruin is not just about wanton...
grounding exercise by Samantha Nock inhale, 1 2 3 4. exhale, 1 2 3 4. close your eyes. name five things you can hear. you hear the cars going down nanaimo st. you hear cats meowing. you hear your...
MA|DE is a collaborative writing partnership comprised of interdisciplinary artist Mark Laliberte, author of asemanticasymmetry (Anstruther 2017) and writer Jade Wallace, author of Rituals of Parsing (Anstruther 2018). MA|DE is based in Toronto, Ontario, and are currently working on their first full-length collection of poetry. You can find MA|DE online at ma-de.ca, as well as their poetry on our website, and in the latest issue of DREAMS 57.1.
Continue reading Issue 57.1 Teaser: Behind MA|DE
In anticipations of PRISM’s DREAMS themed issue 57.1, here is some dreamy poetry from MA|DE, a collaborative writing partnership comprised of interdisciplinary artist Mark Laliberte, author of asemanticasymmetry (Anstruther 2017) and writer Jade Wallace, author of Rituals of Parsing (Anstruther 2018). MA|DE’s poem, “A Bad Dream Bent Ends Wet” appears in the print issue, and below are two more of their collaborative poems, “Make Me Down” and “Bone Meal” accompanied by artwork by the talented Aura. The DREAMS themed issue will be fresh from the printers soon, so if you don’t have a subscription to the magazine yet and need one, now is the time!
Former PRISM poetry editor Rob Taylor sat down with Amanda Jernigan to discuss her recently released third poetry collection, Years, Months, and Days (Biblioasis, 2018), a book whose content was inspired by a nearly 200-year-old Mennonite hymnal, Die Gemeinschaftliche Liedersammlung....
Can you believe it’s been only months since PRISM last spoke to Billy-Ray Belcourt? A lot has happened since then (*cough* Griffin Poetry Prize Winner *cough* no big deal), and we couldn’t be more thrilled that the beauty of...
Klara Du Plessis
Ekke
Palimpsest Press
Review by Anna Geisler
Even our finite world is brimming with choices, possibilities, transformations—this struck me as the main tenet in Klara du Plessis’ debut collection, Ekke. Her resonant poems, influenced by landscape, place, the body, and art, explore the exciting and multitudinous influences that act upon us in this seemingly concrete world.
Continue reading Stones Skipping Across Water: On Klara du Plessis’ Ekke
Interview by Jennifer Amos Photo Credit Richard Lautens, Toronto Star Joe Fiorito recently launched his first collection of poetry, City Poems. His ability to zero in on the heart of a story and his compassion are some of the hallmarks of his fiction and non-fiction writing, which continue to shine...
This is a favourite. To get you started, here are some ideas: The steps and ingredients to make an atomic bomb. The acqua alta phenomenon. Seismic sea waves. The splitting of light. Moon bows. Mirages. Summer Writing Prompts is...