bill bissett
Contributor Banff Centre Press
born in halifax nov 23 1939 sagitarius with gemini rising
with a lot uv scorpio bgan writing 4 th first time a lyrikul
pome abt sail boats n thn school n mor school i was 4 or sew
bgan writing 4 th second time in th oxygen tent abt a boy
who liked 2 swim in th undrtow despite what parents relativs
n advisrs wud say admonishing him deeplee thinking aftr th
abdominal operaysyuns i wud not b abul 2 prsue first loves
figur skating or dew ballet or hockee with writing n drawing
th words n images cud danse n moov on th papr i was abt 11
n thn school n mor school bgan writing 4 th third time at 14
aftr my mothr went 2 spirit deth n mor death 1st using
space pome totalee bleak n anguishd n using th space not
margins alligning onlee all th time thn school n mor school n thn
17 left home vancouvr bgan writing 4 th fifth time veree
spaysyul words in th space n within th void n thn first books
we sleep inside each othr all gronk press n th jinx ship n othr
trips / fires in th tempul veree stone hous n blewointmentpress
co-producksyun 1965 i was 24-25 n still bginning writing evr
sins each day starting out with no knowledg no assurances
bonding with being onlee n th portabul poetiks aesthetiks n
still n always mooving is ther reelee stabilitee xsept what we can
create n let go uv in2 reeding sew manee schools refreshers
sharpnrs informativ transformativ all parts uv th changes we ar