Madonna of the New World. Sophisticated metrical sense, teasing wit and limitless linguistic resources. Carmine Starnino, The Montreal Gazette. A poet of unusual talent and poetic maturity. Dan Reve, The Danforth Review. Splendidly-shaped and imagistically adroit These are outstanding poems. Fraser Sutherland, The Globe and Mail.

I wish I could have told you,. I wanted you to stay with us. I wish somehow to tell you,. How empty I now feel. A part of me went with you,. In your softly, rumbling purr,. To hold you on my lap again. And stroke your silky fur. I wish I had you back again,. To fill this empty space. In a far, far better place.

Quand la menace, du fond de la cour, grimpe et me glace. On peut toujours arguer que chaque travail mérite un salaire, quoi de plus normal.

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