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Micheline Maylor

Micheline Maylor

July 31, 2020 by PBQ Leave a Comment

Micheline Maylor was Calgary’s Poet Laureate 2016-18. Her latest poetry collection Little Wildheart (U of Alberta Press) was long listed for both the Pat Lowther and Raymond Souster awards. She teaches creative writing at Mount Royal University and the University of Calgary.

Filed Under: Contributors 100, Issue 100 Tagged With: Micheline Maylor

Micheline Maylor: She tells me,

June 7, 2020 by PBQ Leave a Comment

She tells me, The toilet in the basement has belched up and over its intestinal wreckage, drained-stained the floor like a party goer dunked up and shaken sober. In my new office, I’ve become the scapegoat for my grandmother’s guilt. I’ve become a beacon of success. I hardly pick up the phone anymore. She tells […]

Filed Under: Issue 100, Poetry, Poetry 100 Tagged With: Micheline Maylor

Micheline Maylor: Your motto

May 31, 2020 by PBQ Leave a Comment

I told you once I love you, if anything changes, I’ll let you know. ____________________________________–         John Wayne I couldn’t stay faithful after New Year’s eve, all those aggressive philosophy majors and tequila’s shot. You and me like the stuffed bears in our son’s room, propped up in corners, staring, neglected, a bit dusty. What […]

Filed Under: Issue 100, Poetry, Poetry 100 Tagged With: Micheline Maylor

Micheline Maylor: (N)Ever Thought

May 31, 2020 by PBQ Leave a Comment

I’ve been having home-wreck dreams of you. I’ve got an inside view from our big window. This is a metaphor, of course, not manufacture, yet. We stay shrouded in a cloud of disaster. Dust in the loader bucket, the ideal view ruins itself. This dream is all I could pull out of the dark. A […]

Filed Under: Issue 100, Poetry, Poetry 100 Tagged With: Micheline Maylor

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