A poem about Los Angeles written by a Canadian published in Australia. It’s online for your free viewing pleasure here. Please check out the other poems in the issue as well. Cordite is a journal primarily for Australian poets, but sometimes they accept international submissions too. Oi! Oi! Oi!
Author Archives: writewithlightning
About writewithlightning
Cordite Publication
Vallum Publication
Vallum Magazine, out of Montreal, has published one of my poems in its issue on Magic! This is my first time being published in a professionally paying journal — and what a journal it is! That cover art is damn fantastic. You can subscribe to Vallum, preview the journal, or get a digital copy here.
Haiku for Lovers
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! To celebrate, why not buy your special someone an eBook of sexy haiku, featuring one of my very own 17 syllable creations? It’s only $3, and I get a share of the royalties of the sales! Pretty nifty. Continue reading
Shameless Self-Promotion
One of my poems was just published in print! Yay! Except for the poetry that appears on this blog, my work has been protectively hoarded in the lair of my computer’s Documents folder. This summer, in lieu of posting here, I worked feverishly on a new batch of poems and sent them out into the world. The first to be accepted was my poem “Eating out in Vancouver”. You can find in issue two of illiterature. Available now! for only five beans. Continue reading
Concert Review – Said the Whale: “Look at all those hipsteens!”
Yes, hipsteens. They’re certainly not old enough to grasp the true self-irony of hipsterism, but they’re dressed for the part: Star Wars comic book t-shirts, converses, plaid, thick rimmed glasses, and non-stop chatter about indie bands (worn on their sleeves – in the form of concert buttons). Add a 45 minute line-up for t-shirts (because they’re too young to buy alcohol), and you have Said the Whale’s concert at Vancouver’s Vogue Theatre on May 3rd. Continue reading
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