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Cameron Anstee
Cameron Anstee l ives in Ottawa ON where he runs Apt. 9 Press and works at Octopus Books. He recently completed an M.A. in English Literature, for which he wrote a history of the first poetry reading series in Canada ("Because it brought the world to us": A History of the Contact Poetry Readings (1957) 1959-1962). He has published a handful of chapbooks, the most recent of which are Frank St. (above/ground: 2010) and Water Upsets Stone (The Emergency Response Unit: 2009). He won the 2010 Carleton University Poetry Contest, the inaugural Origami Crane Contest (Tree Reading Series, 2009), and the 2008 Lilian I. Found Award.
From Cameron Anstee
from Frank St.
three radiators in my apartment
some in a series, bled
in November for old warmth
heat rattle from lower floors
none above
the ceiling one thing, absolute
no where for heat to rise to
only slight cracks in window panes
cold air working in
floor boards burnt and warped
where fronts contact
some bits of plants fallen
from the windowsill
gathering at the roots
and dirt again
again
unexpectedly
the city smells of grass
vulnerable where it was hard
the canal breaking up
water, in one way
moving across water, in an other
each April
ragged, but lived in and brighter
learning movement again
collisions do occur
