Author Archives: Pearl

Canadians readers have probably already seen that the longlist is out but for those who haven’t, the Relit Award for fiction and poetry. Claudia did her first workshop of 4 at Tree last night. About 8 people came to this one with a focus on metaphor, with some exercises and example poems (Pablo Neruda, Paul […]

Some of KaDo Ottawa at the summer haiku meeting. I suppose some of you don’t know what I look like — I’m in the red Japanese jacket in the front. I won’t name everyone but I will mention a couple things — the papers blowing in the trees each have a wish for the winds. […]

I’ll stop fussing with this one. Set it away here rather than in backlogged files: Who Drives? “And so we plough along, as the fly said to the ox” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Every moment is measured; Every step is counted. I didn’t come here to tell you how this is going to end. I […]

Other people’s reaction are a way to calibrate one’s own sensibilities. A sort of sonar blip of where they are at to map, interpolate, where you must be at. Maybe some people know their mind inside their head. It’s easier for me to tell what I’m thinking once its in text or mirror or gesture […]

A few days after the fact, I can say I’m home again now. I went from Sage Hill Experience directly to Purdyfest without wanting to touch the ground and all the nattering errands and practicalities that involved. I wanted a lot from each…to change myself, as I usually do, except this time thru a route […]