This book presents some of the most vibrant, exciting, and intellectually challenging poetry in Canada. Christakos plays language games that bring a probing and disturbing humour to perfectly serious themes that range from childhood and children to women in contemporary techno-capitalist society to feminist literary theory, and so much more.

Margaret Christakos has published nine collections of poetry, a novel, and a collection of creative memoir. She is Canada Council Writer in Residence at the University of Western Ontario in 2016/2017. She lives in Toronto. Find her on Twitter @MChristakos

Acknowledgements

Biographical Note

"Not Finished": Byways of Introductions

Poems

Threshold

Words

From Home Birth in Seven Easy Steps

Missing/

G1. Video Technician

G2. Host

G3. Social Scientist

Porch

Hope: By-Products

'The Gorge'

From Recalling the Cord

Pere Ii

Wellington (Part 1)

Grounds 2a.

Grounds 3a.

Grounds 12b.

Grounds 18a.

Grounds For Action

Visual Splendour Coupons

M1. Uk Breast Milk Toxic: 13 July 99

M2. Ada And Eva

Strapless

Andalou

From Lovely One

Cri de Coeur, Deferred

Uppity (A Spiritual)

Last Words

First Words

The Offending Ear

An Open Erotics of Gzowski

Tsal Day N Night

Grass

Voice Note - 0045

Lake

Charger

Afterwords / Margaret Christakos