Stephen Morrissey

Dr. Wilder Penfield and Dr. William Cone, residents in background; photograph by Yousuf Karsh, 1952; private collection T he co-founders of The Neuro are Dr. Wilder Penfield and Dr. William Cone. Of course, we've all heard of Wilder Penfield, he's famous!... See more

Note: My essay "Remembering John McAuley, 1947 - 2026" is now online at Periodicities ; thank you rob mclennan for publishing this. Here is the text below. Work for true poems true to you. The rest are Styrofoam and glue. —John McAuley, "Four Tweets to a ... See more

Grief with a glass that ran —Swinburne Grief is a room that was built on to the side of consciousness, an attached dwelling, a room that may seem abandoned but it stays as part of one's psychic construction; unless you have experienced grief you don’t hav... See more

Dog on balcony, 11 October 2020 The dog trots freely in the street and sees reality and the things he sees are bigger than himself and the things he sees are his reality Drunks in doorways Moons on trees The dog trots freely thru the street and the things... See more

Lane behind Girouard Avenue, 22 October 2009 there is a listing or taking of priorities these things as i have noted them here are taking place have taken are the true & proper province of poetry & prayer —bpNichol The Martyrology, Book Three Make... See more