Jocelyne Dubois, Hot Summer Night
Published:
1st edition, 100 copies: Aug. 2008
2nd edition, 50 copies: Oct. 2011
ISBN: 978-0-9868890-2-8
Price: $15 CDN/US including shipping
35 pages
28 poems
Status: In Print
Jocelyne Dubois’ poetry is characterized
by limpid and at times searing clarity. This collection comprises a
particularly courageous narration: Jocelyne suffers from bipolar
disorder, and in these poems she takes us on a harrowing journey through
breakdown, hospitalization and recovery...
ALLAN MEMORIAL
A stone mansion sits on top
of a hill.
Troubled minds visit each day.
Some stay a long while.
of a hill.
Troubled minds visit each day.
Some stay a long while.
I think about the man
who lived here, years ago.
Horses & carriages
wine & duck
served on white linen.
who lived here, years ago.
Horses & carriages
wine & duck
served on white linen.
When he died, he gave it all away.
Today, people drop in
for toast & coffee in Styrofoam.
They sit on plastic chairs,
swallow pills
& wait
to talk
to doctors.
for toast & coffee in Styrofoam.
They sit on plastic chairs,
swallow pills
& wait
to talk
to doctors.
Jocelyne Dubois’ novella, World of Glass
(Quattro Books, 2013) was shortlisted for the 2013 QWF Paragraphe Hugh
MacLennan Prize for Fiction. Her short stories have appeared in The
Dalhousie Review, Exile, carte blanche, Transition and The Toronto
Quarterly. Her poetry has appeared in Canadian Women Studies (York
University) and Brèves Littéraires (in English and French translation).
Jocelyne’s visual art has been exhibited in Montréal galleries, and may
be seen at Jocelyne Dubois: Paintings.
