Meet Kate Marshall Flaherty! Kate’s poem, “White on Green,” will be featured in our upcoming poetry special issue, vol. 12!

How Kate describes this poem in 12 words or less:
“Strange spots on a maple leaf—witness, meditation, metaphor, and then?”

Kate Marshall Flaherty was shortlisted for the Mitchell Poetry Prize 2021, Arc’s Poem of the Year 2019 and the Gwendolyn MacEwen Poetry Prize 2018. She has published five books of poetry and has been published in numerous Canadian and international journals such as Contemporary Verse 2, Vallum, Grain, Room, Trinity Review, The Literary Review of Canada and American Academy of Poets. She writes spontaneous “Poems Of the Extraordinary Moment” (P.O.E.M.s) for charity, in person and online, and guides StillPoint Writing and Poetry Editing Circles online. See her performance poetry online at https://katemarshallflaherty.ca.   

Meet Rosa Fernandez! Rosa’s poem, “Red yellow red yellow blue,” will be featured in our upcoming poetry special issue, vol. 12!

How Rosa describes this poem in 12 words or less:
“Colour theory as applied to relationships”

Rosa Fernandez is a writer, slam-winning performance poet and freelance editor from Burton-on-Trent in the U.K. Midlands. She studied English at Goldsmiths, University of London, has worked for various publishing houses, and enjoys wearing jaunty hats. She has performed at Glastonbury and was once nearly a pop star. She is still working on her novel.

Meet Guy Elston! Guy’s poems, “Yours to Discover” and “Before We Forget (To Make the Best of It),” will be featured in our upcoming poetry special issue, vol. 12.

How Guy describes these poems in 12 words or less:
“Archaeology on the 8th floor, love & Instagram, the temptation of David Ruffin”

Guy Elston is a British language teacher and poet who lives in Toronto. His poetry has been included by The Moth, Anthropocene, Ink Sweat & Tears, The Honest Ulsterman and other journals on both sides of the Atlantic. Twitter: @guy_elston.