Form

Kim Morrissey discusses some poetic techniques, using examples drawn chiefly from 'Dialectics' [with additional comments from other members of the group; see also Chris Hedley-Dent's preoccupations with form.]

Punctuation

Line breaks and Stanza breaks

The Use of a Persona

Found Poems

'Dialectics'

My dearest–
We have a new problem:

The Indian Agent speaks English and Cree
The Indians speak Blackfoot and French
Our MP refuses to comment

Yesterday
Our petitions to appropriate ministers
Were answered by a shipment of dictionaries
Tomorrow the Indians
Begin to learn Cree.

Kim Morrissey
from Batoche