Walking in Toronto
DS Maolalai
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I loved all the crossroads
which barged through toronto. the cutting past neighbourhoods – main streets and small off- street roads. loved bars, little bookshops, sunlight and girls in their sunglass and shadow- thin dresses. the tracks and the wire of streetcars which ran up spadina toward bloor. loved crossing the roads; loved pausing, deciding at corners. needing to go nowhere – deciding on whims where to go. little portugal, koreatown, chinatown, bloor st. like pouring a handful of skittles on the table. deciding on blue, upon red. |
DS Maolalai has been nominated nine times for Best of the Net and five times for the Pushcart Prize. His poetry has been released in two collections, "Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden" (Encircle Press, 2016) and "Sad Havoc Among the Birds" (Turas Press, 2019).