Natalie Simpson, post spell

It’s a special kind of thing when very short, untitled poems somehow don’t feel minimalist at all. In this slippery little chapbook, Calgary-based poet Natalie Simpson packs each tiny little poem with a witchy magic so that a small page with 14 words feels suddenly quite full. Don’t be fooled by the poems’ appearances; this is not sleek design-school minimalism. This is a world where we “shed gravitas / like gold / flakes” and where our “only tilt is / skyward.” We’re going up, babes, and we’re taking this book with us.

Printed in a limited run of fifty copies at Product Photo in Toronto, this chapbook is the little square size we love so much. Cover designed and chapbook typeset by Kate Siklosi.