New Works Available
New issues of Descant and Poetry is Dead are coming out with some of my poems in them! Two of my poems, “Indecent & Lucent” and “To Burn Yourself at the Stake” are being published in… Read More
Author Archives: Ben Rawluk
If you happen to be in Vancouver on Thursday, February 3rd…
In my capacity as the Circulation & Promotions editor for PRISM international, I’m organizing a communal reading with seven other literary magazines in the city. The readers are a great mix and I highly recommend checking it out. Otherwise I will get drunk and sing love ballads outside your window at three in the morning… Read More
Escape artist bemoans the bonds of form poetry
So, imagine that all of form poetry was a giant wall made of uneven bricks, lots of little chips and edges and things. Now imagine me trying to write a ghazal by slamming my head repeatedly against that wall as if I’m suddenly going to shatter it. You know, if I keep slapping my forehead… Read More