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Two Poems: Speech Dries Here on the Tongue
Speech Dries Here on the Tongue (The Porcupine’s Quill) is a collection of poems that brings together Canadian poets writing at the crossroads of environmental collapse and mental health. Grappling with big, often overwhelming questions—about the state of the planet, about our own inner worlds, and about how the two are deeply connected—the poems here offer reflection and clarity.
Today, we feature two poems from the book by Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi and Grace Lau.
Poems from Speech Dries Here on the Tongue
Khashayar Mohammadi’s “Movement XV”
Grace Lau’s “Be Water”
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Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi (they/them) is a queer, Iranian born, Toronto-based poet, writer and translator. They are the winner of the 2021 Vallum Poetry Prize and the author of many chapbooks and three full-length poetry collections.
Grace Lau is a Hong Kong-born settler living on the traditional and Treaty territory of the Anishinabek people, now known as the Chippewa Tri-Council comprised of the Beausoleil, Rama, and Georgina Island First Nations. Her debut poetry collection, The Language We Were Never Taught to Speak (Guernica Editions 2021), is a Lambda Literary Award finalist.
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