Saturday, April 06, 2019

National Poetry Month : Anita Dolman,


This book may tell you

How to write a rhyming poem
How to right a wrong
How to write a form letter with empathy
How to write a bridge
How to right away
How to write the word “onomatopoeia”
How to write from the heart
How to right the left
How to write off your children
How to write a homely as an atheist
How to right what can never be forgiven
How to write an efficient and effective love letter
How to write your way out of a paper bag,
a glass box,
a mud hut,
a bad job,
a sentence,
a Hotel Dieu
How to write the symbol for infinite energy
How to etirw sdrawkcab
How to write at a kitchen table while the baby is crying and the phone won’t stop ringing
How to write with an empty womb
How to write home after a very long time
How to write in C+++ or Cobalt
How to write without gender
How to write in the margins
How to write “No” to him in the way that’s least likely to get you killed
How to write when there are no words left,
when it’s too late,
when they’ve gone,
when she’s dead,
when the night is over,
when the ice has melted too quickly,
when you no longer want



Anita Dolman is a poet, fiction writer and editor, as well as a contributing editor for Arc Poetry Magazine. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in numerous journals, magazines and anthologies. She is the author of Lost Enough: A collection of short stories, and co-editor of Motherhood in Precarious Times, an international anthology of poetry and non-fiction. Dolman is also the author of two poetry chapbooks, and was a finalist for the 2015 Alberta Magazine Award for fiction.



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