Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “the commune of our waking” by Stuart Ian McKay. Due to the poem’s formatting, it is only available as an image.

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the commune of our waking

by Stuart Ian McKay

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Stuart Ian McKay is a Calgary based poet. His poetry and non fiction have been published in many Canadian journals and anthologies. Stele of Several Ladies-a long poem, and a cognate of prayer, his first two books of poetry, were published in 2005 and 2013 by Passwords Enterprises, an independent Calgary press. even the idea of maya is maya, a poetry chapbook, was published by Frog Hollow Press in Victoria, as part of its Dis/Ability Series in 2019. AOS Publishing in Montreal will publish his new book of poetry, the commune of our waking, later this year.. Stuart is the editor of the poetry chapbook, the way out is the way in, published by the League of Canadian Poets in 2022. This chapbook celebrates the work of Canadian poets with disabilities. He and fellow Calgary poet/noise and sound artist Matt Smith comprise the poetry creation and performance team the thornlake endeavour. Stuart serves on the poetry editorial collective of filling station. Stuart serves on the Board of Directors of the League of Canadian Poets. In January 2022,he was the writer in residence at the Wallace Stegner House in Eastend, Saskatchewan. In September 2023, Stuart was the Writer in Residence at the Penny Lou Cottage at the Rivendell Retreat Centre on Bowen Island, British Columbia.

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