hutt 3.2
  hutt - hill end, australia
 
 
rob mclennan lives & writes in Ottawa, Canada's glorious capital, even though he was born there. The author of ten poetry collections, he has edited numerous anthologies including side/lines: a new Canadian poetics and Groundswell: best of above/ground press, 1993-2003. The editor/publisher of above/ground press & STANZAS magazine, he edits the online critical journal Poetics.ca with Ottawa poet Stephen Brockwell, and recently released the first issue of the online Ottawa poetry journal ottawater (www.ottawater.com). He regularly says things on his clever blog, www.robmclennan.blogspot.com

 

 
   
rob mclennan - sixteen strings

the long & short of it,
what we adhere.

the tow-truck takes the bus
up steep incline.

but days before christmas,
the mind ejects.

would we go home for counting,
amid plus one more.

a room at the inn is hard
at the best of times.

what cant go back on.
whatever she said.

a parent is always & a child,
overlap.

three drinks of cider
will not get you

home.