“was drunk not
dreaming and thought will write
to this friend
to that
What arose next
day won’t smoke
Wild eye in the mens
who can remember“

HAMISH BALLANTYNE is a poet & translator from Vancouver Island. He works as a mushroom picker & on the Downtown Eastside. pic.twitter.com/z21KznQySd

— KFB Spring 2020 (@KFBspring2020) March 24, 2020

"telling stories is at the forefront of all of my poetry" – MICHAEL CAVUTO, Touch the Donkey

Michael Cavuto is a poet based in Queens, New York. He is a founding editor of Slow Poetry in America Newsletter and auric press. COUNTRY POEMS is his poetry debut. pic.twitter.com/7Hd80wf5SM

— KFB Spring 2020 (@KFBspring2020) March 24, 2020

“at least I have something to take care of.
I wouldn’t say I’m heartless."

JOHN NYMAN (@Jhonnyman9) is a poet and critic from Toronto. His previous books include Players (Palimpsest, 2016) and Slogan, Substance, Dream: keywords for a responsible poetry (Anstruther, 2018). pic.twitter.com/cQQyLrnTZH

— KFB Spring 2020 (@KFBspring2020) March 24, 2020

“Just cause the human beings are hanging doesn’t
mean entertainment’s dead. The genre bends."

ANDY VERBOOM (@andyverboom) is from subrural Nova Scotia and lives in K'jipuktuk (Halifax), where he edits long con, an online magazine for art about art, and publishes Collusion Books. pic.twitter.com/Vb3x7HEuZS

— KFB Spring 2020 (@KFBspring2020) March 24, 2020