Saturday, April 23, 2016

National Poetry Month 2016: Jennifer Londry,



Case Study, Montreal, Quebec 2003

*name withheld due to confidentiality and pending notification of next of kin




The darkness of his sanatorium had to end
the goal, to crown June before dying.

Last mommy kiss, galocher
potent as the symbols on talking boards that erupt into ghosts
when discharged from their straightjackets.

Mother-tongue sliced open.
Boy unsexed leapt into the pane of glass at the end of the corridor.
Id-eo-motor Effect,
planchette’s keen eye
lost to the cupboard of time.





Jennifer Londry’s latest collection of poetry is Tatterdemalion, published by Chaudiere Books, 2015. As part of poetry month she participated in a celebration of William Shakespeare’s work by reading sonnets with other bard aficionados. Currently she is collaborating on a project with Kim Renders and the Queen’s Drama Department to produce a play about violence against women. Jennifer will be one of the feature readers at Poets @ Artfest this year in Kingston, Ontario.

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