Quill and Quire

Poetry

America & Other Poems

By Jeff Bien

“The poet must know style,” writes Jeff Bien in Prosody at the Cafe du Coin “or he will simply be a complainer.” This eastern Ontario poet has style: entire oceans, trans-continental highways, and sprawling metropoli ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Prosody at the Cafe Du Coin

By Jeff Bien

“The poet must know style,” writes Jeff Bien in Prosody at the Cafe du Coin “or he will simply be a complainer.” This eastern Ontario poet has style: entire oceans, trans-continental highways, and sprawling metropoli ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

★ Anchoress

By Esta Spalding

In her second book, Toronto poet Esta Spalding ambitiously attempts an entire narrative in verse. Anchoress is a book-length poem that explores the relationship between two American sisters (Helen and France), their Canadian lover (Peter), ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry