An Anthology of Poetry from Canada and Ireland

EDITED BY

John Ennis,Centre for Newfoundland and Labrador Studies,

School of Humanities, Waterford Institute of Technology

Randall MaggsSir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook

Stephanie McKenzieSir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook

Published by the Centre for Newfoundland & Labrador StudiesSchool of Humanities Publications

Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland

WIT wishes to acknowledge the financial assistance received towards the publicationof this book from Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, the Ireland Newfoundland Partnership,

The Ireland Business Partnerships and Foras na Gaeilge.

Contents

Acknowledgements XLI

Genesis of the Text XLIV

Poemes en francais, poemes du Quebec XLVI

An Ghaeilge XLIX

A Note on Translation L

A Note from the Editors LII

Three Voices LIV

Poetry from CanadaKateri Akiwenzie-Damm

stray bullets (oka re/vision) 3partridge song 3rainstorm in volcano: eight poems for rain 4sturgeon 6

Jeannette C. ArmstrongHistory Lesson 7Threads of Old Memory 8Rocks 12

Tammy ArmstrongHockey 15No One Goes with the Exhibition Boys 16

Martine Audet-' "Les labours blancs . . . " 18

"De certains reves . . . " 18"II nous semblait parfois . . . " 19

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Margaret AvisonBalancing Out 20Ramsden 21Ambivalence 21He Was There / He Was Here •.:....::.....':..:'.. 23Remembering Gordon G. Nanos 23On a Maundy Thursday W a l k . . . : . . . . . . . '.'•. . . : . 25Lament for Byways 26

Ken BabstockMarram Grass . 28Essentialist 29Windspeed 30Late Drive Toward Innisfil i 31A Berth in the Stern 32

Anurima BanerjiSummer or, I Want the Rage of Poets to Bleed Guns

Speechless with Words <v 34

Mike BarnesStirring a Can of Soup on the Stove . . . : . . . 3 8

Stephanie Bolster .Aperture,. 1856 39Whose Eyes 39from In Which Alice Poses for Julia Margaret Cameron, 1872 "

Cordelia 40Two Deaths in January, 1898 ..... 41Close Your Eyes and Think of England 42Portrait of Alice with Christopher Robin 43

Roo BorsonRiver ,..,.,. . .44Rivers to the Sea 47from Autumn Record

"Once, early in the morning . . . " 48

Tim BowlingGrade One 49Watching the Academy Awards in the Bar

of the Patricia Hotel 50

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Dionne Brandfrom thirsty

"This city is beauty . . . " 51from Land To Light On

"If you come ou t . . . " 52"I look at that road . . . " 52"All I could do . . ." 53"I have to think again . . . " 53"no wonder I could get lost there . . . " 54"In the middle of afternoons . . . " 54"Look, let me be specific . . . " 55"One gleeful headline . . . " 56"in the middle of traffic . . . " 57"the girl starts the morning . . . " 57"a Baptist priestess preaches . . ." 58"Maybe this wide country . . " 58"Light passes through me . . . " 59"I feel like my aunt hunkered . . . " 60"I saw her head up the road . . . " 60"that night we wanted to fly . . . " 61"She came in a hurry to leave . . . " 62"In this country where islands vanish . . . " 63

Jacques Brault"c'est un soir pas . . . " 64"Neige d'un soir..." 64"Ce n'est plus le moment.. ." 64Bucolique 65

Diana BrebnerThe Blue Light of the Neutron Pool 67The Green Canoe 69from "At the Schwarzschild Radius"' 3. "The beautiful long-haired boys . . . " 70Morning on the Guitar 71Port 72

Nicole Brossard(translated by Robert Majzels and Erin Moure)

Typhon dru /. Typhoon Thrum . 74

Mark CallandnThe Delicate Touch Required for China 80

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Anne CarsonNew Rule 82Shadowboxer 83Father's Old Blue Cardigan ; 83from TV Men . .

Antigone (Scripts 1 and 2) .84from Akhmatova (Treatment for a Script) -

Mandelstam ; . . . . . . : . 86Akhmatova Comes to the Wall . . . . : . . . . 86Because.of His Mother, Because of Her Son 87Akhmatova Repents (1950) . . . . X . . . . . . . . 87The Poison Son. is Back . . . . . . . . . . 88

Thucydides in Conversation with 'Virginia Woolf on the Set of The Peloponnesian War . . 89

from The Beauty of the HusbandII. But a Dedication Is Only Felicitous 91V. Here Is My Propaganda 93VI. To Clean Your Hooves 95

Short Talk on Defloration 96' • • . . . I . . 1 . . .

Francis Catalano ,"Vus d'en bas . . ." . . . . . . ; , . . . 97neo-liberalisme a clavier (aire de rapprochement de deux solitudes)... 97"Les idees fondent comme du beurre . . . " 98"Amerique terre archaique . . . " : 99"Homo lupus est. . ." .' . . . . . . . . . 100

Hermenegilde Chiassonde Repertoire 101

George Elliott ClarkeIdentity I 110Child Hood I 110Reading Titus Andronicus in Three Mile Plains, N.S I l lDuet . . . 112Hard Nails 113Spree 114Trial II . . . . 114Look Homeward, Exile .115Four Guitars 116Night Train . 119Blues for X 119Rev. F. R. Langford's Miracle . . . . . . : . 120A Sermon to the Undecided 120The Sermon of Liana 121

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Leonard Cohen"Paris again . . . " 122Too Old 122Layton's Question 123Robert Appears Again 123Pardon Me 124The Party Was Over Then Too 124Butter Dish 125The Collapse of Zen 126"Oh and one more thing . . . " 127A Note to the Chinese Reader 128

Don ColesKingdom 129Night Game 130Sampling from a Dialogue 132Forests of the Medieval World 133from The Edvard Munch Poems

Death and the Maiden 135What They Didn't Like 136Self-Portrait at 3.15 a.m 138

"There are no words to remember, but I do have that gaze" 139Reading a Biography of Samuel Beckett 141Romance 143

Lorna CrozierDust 147Not the Music 148Mrs. Bentley 148Dictionary of Symbols 149Variation on the Origin of Flight 151The Memorial Wall 152South Dakota Refuge 153Skunks 153Home Care 155Small Gesture 156You're So Covered with Scars 156Hoping to Fix Up, a Little, This World 157

Beth CuthandPost-Oka Kinda Woman 158For All the Settlers Who Secretly Sing 159Zen Indian 160

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Mary DaltonTo Be Sold 162I'm Bursting to Tell: Riddles for Conception Bay 163

Jean^Paul Daoust .,.' . <(translated by Daniel Sloate) • .•.••;••• ; . . ' i

de Lesceridres bleues I from Blue Ashes \ .'/' '"Mainteriant. .77 "Now . . .". . . . ' . ' . ' '..'..".'.'...'.'.'".'. .169

Degan Davis .Hockey ' . . ' . . . . . . . : . . . . . '.".''.'.'.'. ^.........'.'... 175

Monique Deland"la question toujours la meme . . ." 176"certains lendemains . . . " 176"mes mains frileuses . . . " 177"La nuit a rejoint la ligne . . . " 177"J'accumule des retailles . . ." 178"Une voix sans corps annonce . . ." ... , . . , 178"la joue sur l'oreiller . . . " . . . . '..'...'.,... 178

Jean-Marc D e s g e n t , .",.,••.. , .6 5 : . . . : . . . : . . . . • . : . . . . . . . . . ' . ; . . . . ; . . ; . . . ' . ; . . ' . ' / . . ; . . . ' . . 1 7 9 ;

Les premiers paysages 179Le monde des monstres est banal 181Je vois l'intelligent theatre '...'.'. 182

iJoel Des Rosiers(translated by Hugh Hazelton) ,:

"le 26 Octobre 1951 . . . " / "on October 261951 <:. <:" i 183'"mon pere assembla . . . " / . "my father assembled..." 184Tenfance est d'immortalite . . . " / "childhood is immortality..." . . 185"pour Guillane . . . I "for Guillane..." 186"il fut difficile de quitter . . ."./"it was hard to leave . . . " •. .187

Adam DickinsonWhen We Become Desirable . . . I . . / V.. ' 189Believing the First Words You Hear 189Fort Smith Fire Brigade 190

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Helene Dorion"En ce temps-la . . ." 191"Une maison briile . . . " 191"Recommence devant moi . . . " 192"Tu refais le voyage . . . " 193"Le monde devore nos paupieres . . . " 193

Marilyn DumontCircle the Wagons 194The White Judges 194Letter to Sir John A. Macdonald 196Leather and Naughahyde 197Let the Ponies Out 197The Sky is Promising 198

Louise Dupre"La, voila ta demeure . . . " 201"Tout est possible a l'ombre des jardins . . . " 201"Tu peux encore lever la main . . . " 202"Rien ne suffit a ton regard . . . " 202"Cela arrive toujours sans prevenir . . . " 203"Tu releves ta robe . . . " 204"Tes morts, tu en es venue . . . " 204

Paul DuttonOne Plus 205Lost Way Lost 205Kit-Talk 206Strata 206Thinking 207Dreaming 207Jazzstory 208Succession 209Obscure 210Truck 211Content 212Night 212Several Times Table 213Shy Thought 214Words 214

Gary GeddesSubsidies , 216Junk Food Pastoral 217

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Susan GillisDistant Islands (But of course they were further apart) 219Habitat (South elevation) :'•:• 219Habitat (We stand here looking) :,:. 220River (Dear X.) 221

Goh, Poh SengThe Girl from Ermita '.. >. . ." . . . 222

Lorna GoodisonBrunetto Latini .....:. ...\..:..... 228Questions for Marcus Mosiah Garvey . . . . . . . . . . . . i 231Crossover Griot 231Poor Mrs . Lot 232

Susan GoyetteThis Contradiction of Passion 233Sisters 234

More Widow Than Queen Victoria 234Sinking . . . - . . - 235A Chinese Lantern for Audrey . . . . . : . . . : . : . . : 236

Catherine GreenwoodThe Diving Girls' Prayer 23yIn Service to a Dream : . . 238Pearl Farmer's Wife 239Dream Thief 239

Louise HalfeDer Poop 242In Da Name of Da Fadder 243Pahkahkos 244Nohkom, Medicine Bear 246You've Got to Teach White Women Everything 247from Blue Marrow

"Father, these robes I wear confuse me . . . " 248

Richard HarrisonCoach's Corner 250Elegy for the Rocket 251

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Ray HsuEarly Work: An Eclogue 252from Inferno XXXII-XXXIII

"Our bread-famished mouths . . . " 253Dora (Confession, 0:93 Seconds) 253

Catherine HunterTwo Thousand and Two 254

Patrick LaneDrought 1980 257Weasel 257Monarch I 258The Happy Little Towns 259The Dream of the Red Chamber 261

Tania Langlais"sa facon, la sienne . . . " 262"quand elle retire sa petite robe . . . " 262"s'il fallait que tu meures . . . " 263"rien ne se raconte plus . . . " 263"tu lisais l'autre nui t . . . " 264"je suppose que §a va finir . . . " 264"n'en pouvant plus je l'ai ecri t . . ." 265"je ne soigne personne . . . " 265"le desorde ca prend combien de boites . . . " 265

Irving LaytonThe Swimmer 266Fishermen 267On Seeing the Statuettes of Ezekiel and Jeremiah in the

Church of Notre Dame 268The Fertile Muck 269Berry Picking 270An Old Nicoise Whore 270To the Girls of My Graduating Class 272Song for Naomi 273The Predator 274Aran Islands 275

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Nadine Ltaif(translated by Christine Tipper)

La Simurghiade / Simurghiade .'.. . V\ .". 277Reconnaissance .'..'. .':'. .':'. ."'\::'.'.'. :'\ . . 281"Si j'etais un homme . . ." :': ' . : ' . ' ? . . : . . . . ' . . . 282"Debut m a i . . . " 282"Un arbre dans sa solitude . . . " ' . : . . . : . . . •.>'•. 283"Les arbres nus du printemps froid " . L . . . . . . ; . ; 283"Quand je pourrai ecrire un chant. . ." 283"Je suis de retour dans les contrees sauvages . . . " 284 .

Laura LushChildren 285The Last of Us 285Darkening In 286Strays 286157 Islington 287Home 288Border 288Mr. Ishigami 289Gavey H 289Kelly . ' . . . . . . , 290Riverside Heights : . . ; . : . . . . . . . . : . . . ' . . ' . . . . . . ' . . . 290The Session :; : . : . \:l :..'.'.:.'•:.. .:: 'X . 291K o m a c h u ' s . ; . : : : . : : . : : . : . . ' • . . : :''.'.'. K .; . V . : ' i ' . ' . . . . . . . . 2 9 2M a m a - s a n ; . : . ; : . - . . . ; . . . ; : . ; : . ; ./. ' . ' .-. ' .: . • { ' . ' . . . . . . 2 9 2T h e Wel lesda le \,,..:;'.':.-.. :~. : . > : . / . ' - . : . , .K.:':..'.: 2 9 3T h e Year M y Sister C a m e to Live wi th M e 294

Don McKayMeditation on Antique Glass 295Softball: 295Sometimes a Voice (1) 296Song of the Saxifrage to the Rock 298Precambrian Shield 298Song for the Songs of the Common Raven 299Chickadee Encounter 300Hover 301Meditation on Shovels 301Setting Up the Drums . 302Materiel

I. The Man from Nod 303II. Fates Worse than Death 304III. The Base 305IV Stretto 307

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Robert MelangonPeinture aveugle 310L'ete 310Les dieux en decembre 311Description d'un apres-midi '. 31136 312

Anne MichaelsThree Weeks 313Ice House 313

Roy Mikifool's scold, 1.4.97 318

Helene Monette(translated by Cole Swenson)

"Un coin du jardin sans soleil . . ." 322160 secondes / 160 Seconds 323"II n'y a personne qui crie . . ." / 'Wo one is crying . . . " 325

Pamela Mordecaifrom de Man: a performance poem

I Jesus Is Condemned to Death 328IV Jesus Meets His Mother 330VIII The Women of Jerusalem Mourn for Jesus 332XI Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross 333XIII Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross 334

Pierre MorencyLe monde dans le peau 338Je t'ecris 338

Daniel David MosesSong in the Light of Dawn 339Rooms Under Rain 339The Line 340The Persistence of Songs 342Falling Song 343

Erin MoureShock Troop 344Homage : 344

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from Seven Rail Poems2 VIA: Tourism. 3453 We Are a Trade '.'..'..'...... ". 346

A History of Vietnam & Central America as Seen in the. Paintings• of Leon Golub, Musee des beaux arts, Montreal, 1985. 347

Goodbye to Beef. '.'. I.. 348Fifteen Years .'......................'. .350Thirteen Years •. .350West to West ' . ' ! . . . . . . 351In These (Tough) Times '. 352Miss Chatelaine '. .353Meeting 354

Alayna MunceTo Train and Keep a Peregrine You Cannot Miss a Day 355

Susan MusgraveMagnolia 357Understanding the Sky 358No Hablo Ingles : 359The Room Where They Found You 362

Pierre Nepveu(translated by Judith Cowan) ' ., • .

E tendue . . . . , . . . , . . . . . . : : . . . . . . .\ '.'*...."...".... ...,.'..'.. 363Belvedere . ; : . . . . " . ." i" . ' . ' . . i .'..'. A . / . . ? . . • . • • - , • , ; •••;.••• • •'• 364de Mirabel / from Mirabel •'.' . .

"On promet d'excaver le sol. . ." / "They're promising toexcavate the ground . . . " 364

"Je pressens cette terre sans arbres . . ." /"Already I see this land stripped of trees . . . " 365

Nouveau monde / New World 367L'homme des plans / The Plans Man 369Bilan / Summing Up 370

bpNicholSt. Anzas VIII 371early morning variation :.'.'' 372Moth . . . . . : . : ' . . . .374Blues 376Untitled ("Sometimes as other sums . . .") 377for steve : 1 . . . . . 378probable systems 13: 379

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Chain 1 excerpt, from The Martyrology: Book 5 380Hour 25 381Chain 10, from The Martyrology: Book 5 383The Frog Variations 384Prayer 385

David O 'Mearafrom Desert Sonnets

III Igjugarjuk 387VI Postcard from Camus 387

Rough Directions 388Fun 389At the Aching-Heart Diner 390Something Akin to Worship Now 391Poise 392Boswell by the Fire 393The Unhappy Condition 396

Michael Ondaatjefrom The Collected Works of Billy the Kid

"Blurred a waist high river . . . " 398"She leans against the door . . . " 398

Sallie Chisum / Last Words on Billy the Kid 4 a.m 399from Rock Bottom

(Inner Tube) 401("The space in which we have dissolved —

does it taste of us?") 402"How many windows have I broken . . . " 402"Speaking to you . . . " 403

from Running in the FamilyAn hour later he could have stopped

at the Ambepussa resthouse 404The Cinnamon Peeler 405Women like You 406The Siyabaslakara 408Birch Bark 409

Elise PartridgeOne Calvinist's God 410On the Road to Emmaus 410Four Lectures by Robert Lowell, 1977 412Rural Route 415Two Scenes from Philadelphia 415

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John PassSundeck in Houselight 417Nestbox , '. .••.>:-A . ... .'-. ; ! . . . . . . . . ; 417Browse ':.• 418Underberries 419Wind Chime 420To the Branch from Which the Robin Flew • . . • . : . . ; . .421These Are the Days . . . . . ' : . . v . ; ; . 421

. . . . • • ' • : • • " \ , o i . '.'•

A l i s o n Pick ; , - ,• v"Tell m e , w h a t i s it y o u p l a n to d o wi th y o u r o n e wi ld ••••••:

and p r e c i o u s l i f e?" 4 2 3

Kyran PittmanLaunch 424

Yves Prefontaine(translated by Judith Cowan)

Peuple inhabite 425Pays, 6 soudain eclate 426Pays sans parole 427Non-Lieu/Non-Lieu '."..,.".''. ..''/...'. '.'.''.".'\.. .428

Steven Price , , , , . , .from Anatomy of Keys ' V ' (" ,' \ . . ! .-

V n "Such newreels flicker still 7,.".',' ..'..'.'.'.' . " . 1 . , : . . ' . : . . 433VIII "Then guy-ropes creaked, plashed and I sank . . . " . . 434X X "The torn rope is twice u s e f u l . . . " . . . ;, 435

AlPurdyThe Country of the Young 436Roblin's Mills 437The Cariboo Horses 439Dog Song 2 „.'.... 440Rodeo ... .442Dream of Havana 443The Buddhist Bell ; ; , . . . -. 444The Blue City ,.,... ' . 445Double Focus .:.....:. ....>.. 446Story 447

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Matt RaderCruelty 450Faith 451Clearing Out 451Paradise Meadows 452Wolf Lake 453Preparations 455

Michael RedhillVIA, Outside Quebec City 456Murder 456One Year 457Happy Hour 458True Story 459Casson 460from Coming to Earth (Alzheimer Elegy)

1. "The old man's ghost prowls near the TV . . ." 4604. "Poland spreads across the ruined hippocampi..." 4617. "Let's not think about pits. Or forests . . . " 4628. "I would give you this fall light, this yellow slant.. ." . . . . 4629. "Eat a heel of rye, a bit of meat on i t . . . " 463

Armand Garnet RuffoPoetry 464Poem for Duncan Campbell Scott 465At Geronimo's Grave 466Grey Owl, 1937 467Alex Espaniel, 1920 468Influences 468An.Imagined Country 470Archie Belaney, 1915-16 470Archie Belaney, 1930-31 471Joe Hassrak 472Later 474

Gregory ScofieldOde.to the Greats (Northern Tribute) 475Not'All Halfbreed Mothers 479T.For 480Pawacakinasis-pisim / December — The Frost Exploding Moon... 482Peyak-Nikamowin — One Song . . . . : 483

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Olive SeniorPeacock Tale, I 486Emperor Penguin 487Thirteen Ways of Looking at Blackbird 487Embroidery : 489Amazon Women 491Fishing in the Waters Where My Dreams Lie : 494

Sue SinclairBetween Stations, October :.^ ........ 496The Dorsals 496No One Asks Leda to Dance 497Goldfish 498Dining Room, Morning after Mrs. Dalloway's Party 498Once Lost 499Photograph of My Mother as a Child or Invitation to the Wedding... 500The Making of "Lawrence of Arabia" 501Four Poems for Virginia Woolf

I Portrait 501II A Sunday Drive . 502III Observation 503IV The Patties 504

100 Love Sonnets 504

K a r e n S o l i e • : • • ' - . . ;Skid .". 506Boyfriend's Car i . ; ' . 506Sturgeon ( . . . . . . : .507Thanksgiving .'. 50872 Miles 509The Bench i 510Nice 511Your Premiums Will Never Increase 512Determinism 513

Carmine StarninoThe Lesson V'. 514First Kiss (Teresa) 514Navigation 515Picking the Last Tomatoes with My Uncle 516On the Obsolescence of Caphone 517Song of the House Husband 520The Last Days 520Good to Go 521

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John StejflerThe Role of Calcium in Evolution 522Cape Norman 523Book Rock 524Barrens Willow 524Notes on Burnt Cape 525

Marie Uguay"II existe pourtant des pommes . . ." 526"maintenant nous sommes assis . . . " 527"le cri d'une mouette . . ." 528"il y a ce desert acharnement..." 528"tout ce qui va suivre . . . " 529"des fleurs sur la table . . . " 529"il fallait bien parfois . . . " 530

Agnes WalshI Solemn 531Thomas 532Contacts 533

Frederick Wardfrom Riverlisp

4. Fuss 5346. Rufus 5358. Blind Woman 537

A Pattern of Escape 538Dialogue # 3 539Najean 540From Who All Was There 540Yet Among-Us 542Me Grandaunt 542

Enos WattsThe Grandmothers of Argentina 544

Darren Wershler-Henryfrom Ten Out of Ten, or Why Poetry Criticism Sucks in 2003 (2003)

3. Jeff Derksen — Dwell 5465. Steve McCaffery — The Black Debt 5476. Ken Babstock — Days into Flatspin 54810. Kenneth Goldsmith — No. Ill 2.7.93 - 10.20.96 549

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Zoe WhittallStiff Little Fingers 550Six Thoughts on a Parkdale Porch : 551

Patricia YoungT h e Fire :. . . . V . . .•: .".'•.-. . . . . 5 5 3Groce ry Lis t 5 5 4

Jan Zwicky ' • • • > - • . > • * - . • • . •Driving Northwest . ; . : . - . •'<.'..... . .•'/. 556Prairie . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . .557Robinson's Crossing ; . - . . . . 557Another Version ("Look, all I can tell you is . . .") . : 562Work 563Soup 564Aspen in Wind 565Bill Evans: "Here's That Rainy Day" 565Three Mysterious Songs 566Closing the Cabin 567Glenn Gould: Bach's "Italian" Concerto, BWV 971 568Passing Sangudo 568

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Poetry from IrelandLeland Bardwell

Hard to Imagine Your Face Dead 575The Night's Empty Shells 575Innismurray 576'No Road Beyond the Graveyard' 577The Horse Protestant Joke Is Over 578Prison Poem III: For a Friend Doing Life in Portlaoise 579

Sebastian BarryThe Wood-Pigeons 580The Pinkening Boy 580The Owner 581The Man Monaghan 582

Sara BerkeleyStrawberry Thief 583How We Meet 584Still Life, Yellow Quilt 585

Denise BlakeIn Mourning 587Kaiyuglak — Rippled Surface of Snow 587Knowing the Wizard 588Early Lessons 589Letterkenny 567 590Vows 591

Eavan Bolandfrom Writing in a Time of Violence: A Sequence

I: 5 The Dolls Museum in Dublin 593from Code

I MarriageI In Which Hester Bateman, Eighteenth-Century

English Silversmith, Takes an Irish Commission . . . 594II Against Love Poetry 595III The Pinhole Camera 596IV Quarantine 597V Embers 598VI Then 599VII First Year 599VIII Once 600

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IX Thanked be Fortune 601X A Marriage for the Millennium 602XI Lines for a Thirtieth Wedding Anniversary . . 603

Rosita BolandThe Astronaut's Wife :'[' .604Diamonds 605sightless : . ; . . ; • . . / . . . : - . . . : : ' . . . . . 605Gold — The Gleninsheen Gorget. ...'...'.........,'. .1...... .606Teeth : . . . ' . . . . . . . . . : '. 607Tears 608

Pat BoronThe Magic Roundabout 609Jupiter 610Tent 611

Katarzyna Borun-Jagodzinska(translated by Gerry Murphy)

Theresa at the Laundry 612Photograph of Theresa Martin as Joan of Arc 612Van Morrison Plays Mother Goose 613Scarpia -.. . . 613Mimi?s Aria 614Aida .H . . . . : - ' . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . 615Scarpia's Aria . . . . . : . : . . . . '..... 615

Colm Breathnach(translated by Colm Breathnach)

Broga Nua / New Shoes 616Scaruint / Parting 617Forlamhas / Supremacy 618An Fear Marbh / The Dead Man 619Lorgaiodh mo Shiiile tu / My Eyes Would Look for You 621Seana-ghnas / The Old Ways 623Ar an Leaba Leathan / On the Bed Spread 624An Gheag Theasctha / The Severed Limb 625

Deirdre BrennanThe Burning 626In the National Archives 628About Being Human 630'The Blue Dress' (Henri Matisse) 631Fallen Woman 631

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Repossession 632The Last Observance 633The Collector 635

(translated by Greagoir 6 Duill)Sniomh / Spinning 636Maighdeana Mara / Mermaids 637Is 'Werewolf me anocht /1 Am a Werewolf Tonight 639

Vincent BuckleyHunger-Strike 642

Paddy Bushe(translated by Paddy Bushe)

Bolgam / Gulp 649Ag Aistriii Buddha in Der Glorie I Translating Buddha in Der Glorie . 650Ein i gCliabhain / Caged Birds 651

Catherine ByronCoffin. Crypt. Consumption 653Coco de Mer 657Egyptians 658The Getting of Vellum 661St Thomas Aquinas in MacNeice's House 669Minding You 670After the Nuptial Mass 672

Mary Rose CallanClean as a Wish 674Her Grief 676Facts of Life 676

Moya CannonMurdering the Language 678

Ellie Carrfrom Traveller Ways Traveller Words

"What me husband done, ever he done . . . " 680"When the woman'd have a child . . ." 680"Well a May mornin', we'd all get out. . ." 681

Ciardn Carsonfrom The Inferno of Dante Alighieri' ' Canto XV 682

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Kyriakos Charalambides(translated by Greg Delanty)

Of the People of Olympia 686from The Tyranny of Words 686Spoon Sweet '.'. 687Death's Art 689Candaules' Wife ....'. ! . . ' . . . . . . . . . . 690Nitocris, Queen of Babylon 692Potiphar's Wife '....'...'.. 693Tears for Twenty-Five Years 694

Michael CoadyInterview on Main Street 696Low Winter Sun 697School Tour, Kilmainham Jail 699

Enda Coyle-GreeneAnother Moon 700Grafton Street 701Handed On 702Opium 703Vertigo 704The Rooms 705So Many . , -.'•...!; 706

Anthony CroninOn Seeing Lord Tennyson ' s Nightcap at Westpor t House . ~ . . . . . . 707In Praise of Hest ia , Goddess of the Hear th F i r e . . . . . . . ' . 708Medi ta t ion on a Clare Cliff-Top 710

Phillip CrymbleTomatoes 714Rice Lake 715

Philip Cummings(translated by Greagoir 6 Duill and Philip Cummings)

Deochanna / Drinks 716Uisci Reatha / Running Water 717Newton / Newton 718Anne / Anne 719Seamus / Seamus 720Reilig an Mhuine Ghlais / Moneyglass Cemetery 721

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Celia De Freine,(translated by Celia de Freine)

In Aois / Getting On 725

Louis de Paor(translated by Louis de Paor)

Foghlaimeoirf / Homework 727Dan Gra / Love Poem 729Ceartiichain / Corrections 730Gaeilgeoiri / Gaeilgeoiri 731Searmanas / Rituals 733Seanchas / Old Stories 735Didjeridu / Didjeridoo 737Inghean / Daughter 740Iarlais / Changeling 741Timpbriste / Accidentally 743

Patrick DillonThe Crocodile 744

Kristin Dimitrova(translated by Gregory O 'Donoghue)

Auntie 746A Lament for the Saintly Mothers 747Freight Depot 747First Blood 748Fused 748In the Train 749The Wall by the Swings 750The Local School 750A Visit to the Clockmaker 751

Sean DunneThe Healing Island 752

Paul DurcanGolden Island Shopping Centre 757The Man with a Bit of Jizz in Him 758A Robin in Autumn Chatting at Dawn 759HEADLINES 760On Giving a Poetry Recital to an Empty Hall 762The Annual Mass of the Knights of Columbanus 763

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The Proud Cry of the Young Father 764The 12 O'Clock Mass, Roundstone, County Galway,

28 July 2002 '.'.'...' 765Tarnowo Podgorne : 767

Andres Ehin(translated by Patrick Cotter) '

I am . . ! . . :\ . ' . . - . : . . . . . 768

"The colonels of several hostile armies" : . . . . ; . . . . : / . . 768"fish livers lie scattered on the ground" . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . 769"I'm a cripple with yellow, burning eyes" . . . ^ 770Secret 771I am your Missing Car 771"deep, below ground, breathe" 772

Peter Fallonfrom The Georgics of Virgil

"How frequently we've watched eruptions . . . " 773

Janice Fitzpatrick SimmonsCocoon 775Blessings 775Faith ; . . . . . 776

Making Room 777Sex • : . . -. . . . . . . . . . . , . .... 777A Y e a r O n 777Alive, Alive, Alive. 778

Roderick FordGiuseppe 779First Love 780

Tom FrenchTouching the Bones 781Night Drive 782Asperger Child 783The Post-Hole 783Pity the Bastards 784Mending a Puncture 789Striking Distance 790

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Alan GarveyLove 792Judge These Books 792Poppy 793The Fields of Beaumont-Hamel 794

Alan GillisThe Ulster Way 79612th October, 1994 796Cold Flow 799To Belfast 800Love Bites 801Casualty 801Niamh 802Last Friday Night 804Progress 804

Eamon Grennanfrom The Quick of It

"because the body stops here . . . " 805"So this is what it comes down to? . . ." 805"When that great conflagration . . ." 806"Off the skin of water . . . " 807"When I saw the deer's breath . . . " 807

"It must be a particular kind of grace . . . " 808"Although snow has wrapped the house . . . " 809"I 'm trying to get one line . . . " 810"Rained in all day like this . . . " 810

Seamus HeaneyAnahorish 1944 811Helmet. 811The Nod 812Out of This World 813Tate's Avenue 814The Blackbird of Glanmore 815

Zbynek Hejda(translated by Bernard O'Donoghue)

from A Stay in a Sanatorium("A Poem . . .") 817

A Stay in a Sanatorium 818Some Evening 825

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Pearse Hutchinson(translated by Greagoir 6 Duill)

Fiiinne / About Us . . . . 828

Oritsegbemi Emmanuel JakpaHarmattan 829Eden ' ! 831

Biddy Jenkinson(translated by Juliette Saumande)

Tuireamh Marie Antoinette / La chute de Marie-Antoinette . . . . . . 833

Rita Kelly(translated by Rita Kelly)

Beir Beannacht / Fare Well 839

Brendan Kennellyfrom Cromwell

Our Place 841In Oliver's Army , 841A Bad Time •-.••••, \- 842

T h e S o l d i e r s . - . . . ; . . . . . . . . . •._ 8 4 2R e a d i n g A l o u d . . . .. . .-.,. !..', ... . . . 8 4 3A R u n n i n g B a t t l e . . ..,. . . . . .;..•..... , v...,.,;..'. ,.............. 8 4 3

Thomas Kinsella s , ;Tao and Unfitness at Inistiogue on the River Nore 845Wedding Service 847Chrysalides 849King John's Castle 850Pause en Route 851from Readings in Poetry

Sonnet 29 853Sonnet 30 .855

Barbara Korun(translated by Theo Dorgan)

Stag : 857Wolf 858White Bulls 859

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Nick LairdCuttings 860Remaindermen 861The Signpost 862To the Wife 863The Evening Forecast for the Region 863

Ann LeahyA Good Rogeting 865Mince Customer 866Cold Storage 867

Michael LongleySwallow 869Northern Lights 869Bjorn Olinder's Pictures 869A Norwegian Wedding 870Broken Dishes 870The Mustard Tin 870The Daffodils 871A Sprig of Bay 871A Poppy 872The War Graves 873A Prayer 874The Horses 874Scrap Metal 875Laertes 876Ceasefire 876All of These People 877

Dave LordanIn the Model Village 878TEA 880The Longest Queue 880from Reflections on Shannon

("Fuck the la-dee-da . . .") 883Holding Chirac's Hand in Temple Bar 884

Alice LyonsThank God It's Dry 886The Polish Language 889

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Gearailt Mac Eoin(translated by Greagoir 6 Duill)

Deireadh Caithreime / The End of Triumph 888A g u s an S a m h r a d h T h a r t / Now Summer's Over ............... 8 8 9

Tomds Mac Siomoin(translated by Greagoir O Duill)

1845 /1845 891

Ilena Malancioiu(translated by Eilean Ni Chuilleandin)

The Headless Bird 893The Bear 894A Dog 895Song of Joy 895You Gave Me a Long Look 896The Doctor on Duty 896Let the Grass Grow Over Her 897Laid Beside You . 898It Snowed on the Body 898

Thomas McCarthyHe Meets His Future Sister-in-Law, Miss Teresette O'Neill, 1811 . . . 900He Turns to His Wife, 1797 . . .••.'* 901He Watches His Wife Create a Silhouette Portrait, 1812 . . . . / . :. :. 902He Contemplates a Stolen Bozzetto of Canova's Cupid

andPsyche, 1811 . . . . . , .903He Witnesses a Military Execution, 1804 904He Witnesses Another Hanging, 1813 904He Buries His Father, 1809 905He Goes Through His Father's Belongings, 1809 905He Writes to His Estranged Sister, 1803 906He Recalls a Letter from Home, 1771 907He Spends Christmas at Clonakilty, 1809 . . ; 907He Considers the Rev. Dill-Wallace, 1817 908He Sees a Warehouse Burning, August, 1798 909

Medbh McGuckianMappa Mundi 910House without Eyebrows 911My Sister's Way to Make Mead 912The Gorgon as Mistress of the Animals 913Woman Forming the Handle of a Cane 914

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Nigel McLoughlinHigh Water 915Bomb 916A Hill Farmer Speaks 916

Paula MeehanMy Father Perceived as a Vision of St. Francis 918Not Your Muse 919'Not alone the rue in my herb garden . . .' 920from Berlin Diary, 1991

5 Folktale 9227 At Pankow S-Bahn 922

from SuburbStood Up 924Stink Bomb 924Sudden Rain 925

The Tantric Master 925

Mdire Mhac an tSaoi(translated by Greagoir 6 Duill)

Mutterrecht / Mutterrecht 927

Immanuel Mifsud(translated by Maurice Riordan)

Confidential Reports — in the Form of a Public-Private Confession .. 928

Geraldine MillsBlighted 930What We Understood 931Out of Old Stories 931About Lifelines 932Cutaway Philosophers 933Boy at the Window Waiting 934Poet as Magpie 935Wednesday Women 935

John MontagueBorder Sick Call 937

Sinead MorrisseyPilots 950Little House in the Big Woods 951

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Juist 953Reading the Greats 956

,'ln Praise of Salt 956from The State of the Prisons

4 "They say I rode like a horseman of the Apocalypse . . ." 9575 "A lone voice in the wilderness? . . . " 958

Richard Murphy ,Kassapa . • : • • • • • 9 6 0

Sigiriya, 11 January 1987 ;.;.. 963

Kate NewmannPut to Loss Because of the Snow 965

Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill(translated by Paul Muldoon)

Na Murucha a Thriomaigh / The Assimilated Merfolk 971

Collette Ni Ghallchoir(translated by Greagoir 6 Duill)

Antain / Antain 975An tAmharc Deireanach / The Last Look 976

Mdire Aine Nic Gearailt(translated by Greagoir 6 Duill)'• ' l! '• ' •

Teicheadh / Fleeing ; : . . . . . 978

Aine Ni Ghlinn(translated by Greagoir 6 Duill)

Teangmhail / Contact 980Iornrascai l Ofche leis n a M a i r b h / Night Wrestling with the Dead.... 981

Yilmaz Odabasi(translated by Patrick Galvin and Robert O'Donoghue)

from Feride 983

Jean O'BrienSevered 987Veronica's Epiphany 987Veronica 989Yes, I can bake a cake 989

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Michedl O Cuaig(translated by Greagoir 6 Duill)

Uchtoga / Armfuls 991Tpibreacha / Wells 992

Aodh O Domhnaill(translated by Greagoir 0 Duill)

Oifigitiil / Official 994

Bernard O 'Donoghuefrom Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 995

Dennis O'DriscollMissing God 1004England 1006At the Seminar 1010Lord Mayo 1012The Light of Other Days 1013

Sean O Leochdin(translated by Greagoir 6 Duill)

999/999 1016.Traidisiun / Tradition 1017.Toraiocht / Pursuit 1018

Michael O'LoughlinLatin as a Foreign Language 1019Boxer 1021Three Fragments on the Theme of Moving Around in Cities . . . . 1021To a Child in the Womb 1022Yellow 1023

Mary O'MalleyAnniversary 1024My Mac 1024Angry Arthur 1025The Poet's Fancy 1026

Liam O MuirthileWhen Will I Get to Be Called a Man 1027Basain Mhara 1027Baile an Tae 1029

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Li Am ar Fhalla Mor na Sine 1030Ringabella 1031Eitseail Bheo 1032Suantrai Sarah is Asmahane 1033San Aonad Alzheimer 1034An Seanduine 1035

Derry O'Sullivan(translated by Greagoir O Duill)

Finit / Finit 1037

Paul PerryThe Gate to Mulcahy's Farm 1039

Dana Podrackd(translated by Robert Welch)

A Parcel from Prison 1041A White Bedsheet 1042The Place of Execution of the First President 1043

Billy RamsellBreath 1044Middle Distance 1046Complicated Pleasures 1047Still Life with Frozen Pizza . . . . . • . . . ' . '::'•:':....... 1049Ireland 1050Southern Shores .-... V 1051

Gabriel Rosenstock(translated by Gabriel Rosenstock)

As gach poir Diot / From, each and every pore 1055Seanfhalla / Old Wall 1055Sneachta na mBunchnoc / Snow on the foothills 1056Do nochtacht / Your nakedness 1057Gustai mhf Aibreain / April Gusts 1057Samhradh / Summer 1058Colur Marbh / Dead Pigeon 1058Yugapat-srishti / Yugapat-srishti 1059Coilltean / Castrato 1060Deirid gur daonnai me / They say I am human 1060Tog Chun do Dhraenacha Me / Take Me to Your Drains 1061

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John W. SextonVortex 1062Frogspawn 1064Roland Gets It 1065

Eileen SheehanLady in White 1067

Peter SirrThe Names of the Houses 1069from Here and There: A Notebook 1069Housesitting 1071from A Journal ("In the beginning . . .") 1072The Writer's Studio 1074

Dolores StewartAmerican Wake 1075Maryville, Winter, 2001 1076Death of Socrates 1077

(translated by Greagoir O Duill)Dochas / Hope 1077Idir Scylla agus Charybdis / Between Scylla and Charybdis 1078Ar Iarraidh / Lost 1079Ceol Johnny Phadraig Pheter / Johnny Phddraig Pheter's Music . . . 1081

Samantha ThomasLate August, Donegal 1082Man O' War 1083Man-Eating Leopard of Rudrapraya 1084Morne Grande 1086Verlaine 1087

Aine Ui Fhoghlu(translated by Aine Ui Fhoghlu)

What's that in English? / What's that in English? 1088Sa tir / In the land .• 1093Iota / Desire 1095An.Tine Bheo / The Burning Fire 1098I Seomra Feithimh an Dochnira, 1974 /

In the Doctor's Waiting Room, 1974 1100Fiaili / Weeds 1102An tUllmhuchan / Getting Ready 1105

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Grace WellsA§ure 1109The Only Medicine 1110Horse Fair 1111The Funeral Director's Wife 1112The Muezzin's Call v 1112The Lone Parent Does Not Write .1113The Hostage Place 1114

Enda WyleyGoing Home : ; 1115Love Bruise 1116Marlborough Road 1117Two Women in Kosovo 1118Diary of a Fat Man 1120Master Chef 1121Mint Gatherers 1122Emperor 1123

Irish Society and Immigration 1995 — 2006:

A Brief Overview Jonathan C u U e t o n , . . . . . - . . . . . - . , . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . - • . - . . . . . 1 1 2 5

Notes on Contributors (Canada) .1129

Notes on Editors and Consultants 1152

Permissions /Acknowledgements (Canada) 1154

Notes on Contributors (Ireland) 1164

Permissions /Acknowledgements (Ireland) 1180

Index of Poets (Canada) 1188

Index of Poems (Canada) 1189

Index of Poets (Ireland) 1202

Index of Poems (Ireland) 1203