Send My Love to Anyone | Issue 43
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Send My Love to Anyone has an exciting Issue 43 with poetry from ’s new collection Unravel and ’s new book Commonwealth. Plus a love poem by Hollay Ghadery.
Ben Ladouceur gives us a sneak peek into his debut novel, I Remember, and treats us with two beautiful micro fictions.
offers a loving tribute to poet, editor, and community organizer Jim Johnstone in their latest column, and I write about creative breakthroughs and share a new writing prompt on voice.
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With my chest and cheek against the wall of Truxx, I felt a sudden strong need for something familiar. My situation was intolerably unreal; seeing a friendly face, one that saw me back, would confirm my own existence to me. I searched the corner of the bar that fell in my limited field of vision. I looked for John and couldn’t find him. I made eye contact with the man to my right, who was pressed against the wall as well, by an officer of his own. In his face, I saw no trace of panic—only disbelief. He shook his head at me and rolled his eyes. It helped my anxiety subside, to focus on the ridiculousness of the situation. We had all been drinking beers and listening to music. We did not deserve walls against our faces. I looked forward to the end of this whole exercise, so we could all buy more beers and debrief. I let out one curt laugh—then felt a sharp jab on my shoulder blade.","size":"md","isEditorNode":true,"title":"I made eye contact with the man to my right, who was pressed against the wall as well, by an officer of his own. ","publishedBylines":[{"id":21201715,"name":"Kathryn Mockler","bio":"I’m an award-winning fiction writer, poet, experimental filmmaker. I run the newsletter Send My Love to Anyone and teach creative writing at the University of Victoria. ","photo_url":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazon... My Love to Anyone","publication_logo_url":"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f...
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luxurious in its electric hums,
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stop and go and stop and go,
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Look at this list. [Though by no means “complete”] here are sixty Canadian poets who I’ve more or less lived with, read, this past decade. Spines I lovingly caress as I walk down my hall. These names “my familiar.”
Every time I move into a new creative shift where I have breakthrough—usually a change in voice or tone or storytelling approach—I always have a period of inactivity sometimes six months to eight months where I don’t write in this new way but feel a sort of bubbling up of excitement, anticipation, and all I can do it wait.","size":"md","isEditorNode":true,"title":"This is not writers’s block. This is process.","publishedBylines":[{"id":21201715,"name":"Kathryn Mockler","bio":"I’m an award-winning fiction writer, poet, experimental filmmaker. I run the newsletter Send My Love to Anyone and teach creative writing at the University of Victoria. ","photo_url":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazon... Count","id":154779983,"type":"newsletter","reaction_count":7,"comment_count":4,"publication_name":"Send My Love to Anyone","publication_logo_url":"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f...
