Table of Contents
Foreword Anita Lahey 1
Introduction Souvankham Thammavongsa 9
A wing on the pavement, now kept in ajar Eugenia Zuroski 13
Acne, blood, and all things that flow David Ezra Wang 14
All clear Maureen Hynes 16
An ode to my brother's forehead stitches Unnati Desai 17
Another Woman in Canada George K Ilsley 18
Asch's Line Study in the Current Anthropocene Paola Ferrante 20
Attention Kate Cayley 22
Bikini tits shot glass Kitty Cheung 23
Civilization lives in the throat Beth Goobie 25
Dawson Emily Pohl-Weary 26
Day of the Dead Judith Krause 27
Driver's Ed at 41 Dani Couture 29
Essential Tremor Barbara Nickel 30
Family history Eve Joseph 31
Flatline Margaret Atwood 32
From the Nurses Cabin Porch, Keats Island Hayden Ward 34
Gravel Arielle Twist 36
Grip to Ground Connector Ken Babstock 37
I Really Liked Your Reading Last Night Elana Wolff 38
I tell my mother everything Tina Do 39
In the Middle of the Burning Canisia Lubrin 42
Is it Safe? Ronna Bloom 44
Knots Courtney Bates-Hardy 45
Learning to Die Jan Zwicky 46
Loss + Zoe Imani Sharpe 47
Love you Louise Carson 48
Mango Ian Keteku 49
Memory of the Black Lake David Ly 50
Morning Pages Randy Lundy 51
On Artificially Conceiving our Children Pamela Mosher 53
The Peace Lily Kayla Czaga 54
The Peonies Sue Sinclair 56
Re: That One Part of My Brain That Will Never Leave Me Alone Ottavia Paluch 57
Reckoning Nina Philomena Honorat 58
Retirement Plans Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang 59
Riddle Mary Dean Lee 60
Seagulls Matthew Rooney 61
Self-Portrait with an Internal Conflict Phoebe Wang 62
Serendipity Téa Mutonji 63
Softball team at the ferry terminal after Provincials Kirsten Pendreigh 64
Stick M Travis Lane 65
Thanks for Asking Roxanna Bennett 66
This is not a monsoon poem Manahil Bandukwala 67
Trout Eyes Šari Dale 69
True Value Liz Howard 71
Ways to Nurture a Name Yohani Mendis 73
We Really Like Your Writing David Romanda 74
What is True Susan Musgrave 75
What Kind of Tracks Are These? John Steffler 76
Yellow Tulips Andrew DuBois 78
Contributors' Commentary and Biographies 79
Notable Poems of 2020 113
Magazines Consulted 115
Acknowledgements 119
Index to Poets 125
