harvest she is planting the dead birds in the back garden imagines delicate plumed stems sprout in moist soil. there is a place below where bones reknit, grow flesh become the small buds of unhatched warblers. it is a cosmology made up, a child’s mystery emblazed with wonder. I … Continue reading 3 Poems by Ken Cathers, WordCity Monthly February 2021 Isue6
WordCity Monthly, December 2020 Issue #4
Letter from the Editor, Darcie Friesen Hossack There is not a particle of life that does not bear poetry within it.-Gustave Flaubert When we decided to create an Autumn and Winter Holiday-themed issue of WordCity for December, we had hoped to gather together a celebration of as many religious, cultural and seasonal offerings as possible. … Continue reading WordCity Monthly, December 2020 Issue #4
Damascus by Ken Cathers, WordCity Monthly Dec2020 Issue4
Damascus there was a time I thought it would all make sense the mysteries unravel a secret knot revealed on the inside spindle of everything. was sure there was a certain age when magic tricks and miracles became transparent. it has been a disappointment part of the gradual attrition … Continue reading Damascus by Ken Cathers, WordCity Monthly Dec2020 Issue4
