Public Transit Launch
I’m excited to announce that I will be launching my first poetry chapbook, Public Transit, as part of Victoria’s Planet Earth Poetry reading series. Public Transit is a collection of poems about my experiences riding public transit in Victoria, B.C., and the Canadian winner of Leaf Press’ Overleaf Chapbook Competition for 2015. As a frequent attendee of Planet Earth Poetry’s wonderful reading series, I am honoured to be able to present my own book at one of their events!
The launch will take place at Hillside Coffee and Tea on May 27th, 2016 from 7:30pm 9:00pm. I will
Hope
Tomatoes on the kitchen sill
soften side by side,
still attached by a vestigial vine.
Supposedly there to ripen in the sun—
but there hasn’t been sun for months—
instead they catch the diffuse glow
of rain falling so slow
it might as well be standing still.
Light teased from a million droplets
by patient fronds of moss
infects plump red skins
with a subtle gleam
of longing.
Later, I cut one open
and find tiny green shoots
sprouting from its seeds.
(Previously published in Poems from Planet Earth Anthology, 2013)