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Bloor Street, An Evolving Poem 0 Unverified

15:53 Oct 28, 2011

in the summer of 1996 walking down Bloor Street with native men sitting on the steps of Trinity Church some wearing red bandannas like pirates or revolutionaries...

Bloor Street

First Come The Joggers 0 Unverified

20:31 Oct 15, 2011

“There goes the neighborhood,” said Len as we strolled out the building from another hellish team meeting. “What you mean?” “It’s officially arrived...

Regent Park

The King That Sparkles 0 Unverified

19:37 Oct 15, 2011

Where earthbound stars once shined inside shimmering couture gowns, September welcomes and is blurred. A flurry of paparazzi, Toronto-style, is on the...

Entertainment District

Regent Park- Heart of the city 0 Unverified

14:10 Oct 15, 2011

Regent park Tucked away in the corners, forgotten,missed Left alone in a dark abyss of lies Stared upon with hopeless eyes They don't feel our pain They...

Regent Park, Parliament Street to River Street

Chinese Greens 0 Unverified

13:06 Oct 15, 2011

It was a weekly Saturday ritual. Sleepy-eyed, my family would pile into our K-car for a mandatory six-hour visit to Chinatown to shop for cheap groceries...

Spadina Avenue; Dundas Street

DuPONT 1 Unverified

12:27 Oct 15, 2011

It's because he always said DuPONT, instead of DOOpont. That was part of it, anyway. And the dishes I let pile up, the music we never agreed on, that...

Dupont Station

Trapped in transit 1 Unverified

12:17 Oct 15, 2011

Back of the Bathurst, It's perfume: toxic and sweet. Saturday seeks sins.

Bathurst Station

Post Season 0 Unverified

23:45 Oct 14, 2011

Walking down the Danforth in Autumn, Remembering the joy of cold fizz on a hot day. The ubiquitous restaurant patio: Sunny and filled with laughter, The...

Danforth Ave - Greektown

The Scar 0 Unverified

21:52 Oct 14, 2011

A result of a bicycle accident, the scar on his left cheek flashes as he smiles at a certain angle. Did you know, he says, I was only ten, and the wound...

Centre Island, Toronto

Love After Sushi 0 Unverified

21:10 Oct 14, 2011

You rolled in and ordered a pint. I lifted my eyes under hooded brows. Your voice boomed and took me over. Everything and everyone else disappeared...

Bloor and Islington

The Love Game 0 Unverified

20:51 Oct 14, 2011

she didn’t mean to ask him out. it had been unplanned. impulsive. she didn’t even pay much attention to him when they were introduced that night at nuit...

Queen Street and Bay Street, Toronto

The Quay To Her Smile 0 Unverified

15:10 Oct 14, 2011

A girl, alone yet content, walking down Queens Quay, the hollow wind encircled the tubules of the inner french horn, sighing in a chilled ache. She shrugs...

Harbour Front, Queens Quay &; Spadina Avenue, Toronto

A Death Fantasy 0 Unverified

20:10 Oct 13, 2011

you are not dead, not gone, just lurking in the corners, like cobwebs. as usual i imagine the worst. i fantasize your death in a repeat loop. what will...

Tim Horton's, Bloor Street and Bedford Street, Toronto

The Don River - Autumn 1 Unverified

16:03 Oct 13, 2011

Fall paints a still Don with a river bend burnt red, floating like a leaf.

Anewan Greenbelt, Don Valley Parkway, Toronto

Elephants 0 Unverified

12:40 Oct 12, 2011

In the rain, when nobody is here but the elephants, the wide round pool overcomes its low edge and the ground becomes one with the fountain. The pond...

Commerce Court Courtyard

Spring Haiku 1 Unverified

21:55 Oct 11, 2011

one ice-rival pearl precocious snowdrop snout sniffing light's return

Fiesta Farms - contemplating the bulbs (Christie and Essex)

Scarlem, Home of Glorious Mistakes 0 Unverified

21:23 Oct 11, 2011

Two tall iron gates Stopped me. But I always managed to find my way out. Through the vertical sneak holes of course. That sneaky worm I am. I was. Did...

Agincourt - Brimley and Finch

this is how we roll... 0 Unverified

18:10 Oct 11, 2011

Old Chinese ladies Selling their wares on the street I’ll rest when I’m dead.

Chinatown, Spadina south of Dundas, Toronto

strange brew 1 Unverified

18:07 Oct 11, 2011

Coffee-loving peeps Sip and stare at the weird guy Rapping in haiku.

Kensington Market

winter's exhale 0 Unverified

18:00 Oct 11, 2011

Riding the ferry Ice catches the dying light Fragments lost at sea

Toronto Island