new from above/ground press: i see i said, by Dennis Cooley

i see i said
Dennis Cooley
$5

courting 

 

où he said

là she said

oh you mean là
oui she said la la

oohhh he said

ah non she said là 

yes that’s what
i was saying he said

ooh la la he said
voilá that’s all
c’est tout
tout de suite she said but
she said she didn’t

he only said she said
how sweet it is

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
November 2020
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

Dennis Cooley was born in Estevan, Saskatchewan, and has lived most of his life in Winnipeg, where he has been active in many parts of its literary life. Latest books include departures, the muse sings, the bestiary, and coldpress moon.

This is Cooley’s third above/ground press chapbook, after “two poems” (STANZAS #45, April 2006) and have you learned / nothing kroetsch (2011).

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