new from above/ground press: Nervous System, by N.W. Lea

Nervous System

by N.W. Lea

$4

Here,

within the mood,

night wrestles itself

to the known

ground.

I’m amazed

at my doubts: stomachal.

Ginger is a nonstarter ...

there’ll be no solace tonight

for the wordy.

The yes-spectrum

is broad, yes,

but totally dependent

upon ignition.

One argues

that everything is second

-hand, a pedestrian

bargain. Rummage

in the pitch

toque.

published in Ottawa by above/ground press

November 2017

a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

N.W. Lea’s second book of poems, Understander (Chaudiere Books, 2015) was a finalist for the 2016 Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry. He currently lives and writes in Eastern Ontario with his partner, their newborn baby girl, and two cats.

This is Lea’s third above/ground press chapbook, after light years (2006) and Present! (2014).

To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; outside Canada, add $2) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9 or paypal at www.robmclennan.blogspot.com