Train : a journal of concrete

Issue #7 : Sacha Archer Derek Beaulieu nina jane drystek Amanda Earl Kyle Flemmer katie o’brien hiromi suzuki

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Sacha Archer lives in Burlington, Ontario with his wife and two daughters. He is the editor of Simulacrum Press (simulacrumpress.ca). His work has been published or is forthcoming in journals such as ARC, filling Station, Matrix, Nöd, Politics/Letters Live, Utsanga, Otoliths, FIVE:2:ONE, Futures Trading, Timglaset and Touch the Donkey. Archer has two full-length collections of poetry, Detour (gradient books, 2017) and Zoning Cycle (Simulacrum Press, 2017). His most recent chapbooks are TSK oomph (Inspiritus Press, 2018), Contemporary Meat (The Blasted Tree, 2018) and Autopsy Report (above/ground press, 2018) with two forthcoming: Houses (no press) and Framing Poems (Timglaset). His visual poetry has been exhibited in the USA, Italy, and Canada. His website is sachaarcher.wordpress.com.

Derek Beaulieu is the author / editor of 20 collections of poetry, prose and criticism including two volumes of his selected work Please No More Poetry: the poetry of derek beaulieu (2013) and Konzeptuelle Arbeiten (2017). His most recent volume of fiction, a, A Novel was published by Paris’s Jean Boîte Editions. Beaulieu has spoken, performed and exhibited his visual work across Canada, the United States and Europe and has won multiple local and national awards for his teaching and dedication to students. Derek Beaulieu was the 2014–2016 Poet Laureate of Calgary, Canada and is Director of Literary Arts at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

nina jane drystek is a poet, writer and performer based in Ottawa. her poetry has appeared in Canthius, talking about strawberries, the DUSIE: Tuesday poem, Bywords, in/words, ottawater, small talk and Window Cat Press, as well as in self-published chapbooks, and chapbooks and broadsides by & co. collective. she is a member of the sound poetry ensemble quatuour gualuour, and creates performances of her own. if you've ever lived in the same city as her you have likely seen her riding a red bicycle around town. find her @textcurious

Amanda Earl is a Canadian poet living in Ottawa. Amanda's current visual poetry project is "The Vispo Bible", which is a life's work to translate every book, every chapter, every verse of the Bible (Old and New Testaments) into visual poetry. It has been published as chapbooks and broadsides by numerous presses in Canada, Sweden and UK, as well as online. Amanda thanks the Ontario Arts Council 2018 Recommender Grant for Writers program for funding part of the creation of the Vispo Bible. For more vispo and information about additional publications and exhibits, please visit EleanorIncognito.blogspot.ca.

Kyle Flemmer is an author, editor, publisher, and radish enthusiast. He founded The Blasted Tree Publishing Co. (theblastedtree.com), a platform for emerging Canadian authors and artists, in 2014, and is currently the Managing Editor of filling Station magazine (fillingstation.ca). Kyle works as an event coordinator for Shelf Life Books in Calgary, Alberta.

katie o’brien is a poet, community worker, queer activist, and Netflix enthusiast originally from St. John’s, Ktaqamkuk, on unceded Beothuk land. a peal of thunder, a moment of (The Blasted Tree, 2019) is their third chapbook. katie dislikes lying, sings a lot, and doesn’t kill bugs.

hiromi suzuki is a poet, fiction writer and artist living in Tokyo, Japan. She is the author of Ms. cried - 77 poems by hiromi suzuki (Kisaragi Publishing, 2013), logbook (Hesterglock Press, 2018), INVISIBLE SCENERY (Low Frequency Press, 2018), Andante (AngelHousePress, 2019). Her works have been published internationally in poetry journals, literary journals and anthologies.
Web site: https://hiromisuzukimicrojournal.tumblr.com

Twitter :  @HRMsuzuki

An interview with hiromi suzuki

hiromi suzuki is a poet, fiction writer and artist living in Tokyo, Japan. She is the author of Ms. cried - 77 poems by hiromi suzuki (Kisaragi Publishing, 2013), logbook (Hesterglock Press, 2018), INVISIBLE SCENERY (Low Frequency Press, 2018), Andante (AngelHousePress, 2019). Her works have been published internationally in poetry journals, literary journals and anthologies.
Web site: https://hiromisuzukimicrojournal.tumblr.com
Twitter :  @HRMsuzuki

How did you begin writing, and what keeps you going?

I liked reading books since I was a child. And I loved to draw and write something. Because I was shy and could express myself only by creation. Even now, I am not good at interacting with people, and I believe that creative communication continues.

You’ve published in a number of journals. How do you decide which journals to send to?

Of course, I've been sending poems and visual pieces to my favorite journals. The journals which are publishing poems written by the poets I respect. To tell the truth, I don't have opportunities to have poems in Japanese journals. For example, the Japanese literary world doesn't really recognize visual poetry as poetry.

Have you noticed any repeated themes or repeated subject matter in your work? What are you currently working towards?

Yes. I often mention rivers and groundwater in my works. “Water” will continue to be the themes of my poetry.

What poets have influenced the ways in which you write?

I like pop and rock music. When I was young, I was writing essays of new releases in a music magazine for a while. So my words may be inspired by the lyrics. Later, the way of writing poetry by the poets such as E. E. Cummings and Raymond Carver influenced my poems.

How important has mentorship been to your work? Is there anyone who specifically assisted your development as a writer?

I had been working as an illustrator for a long time. After reading the texts of writers, I worked on the design for book covers and illustrations. I think that my career as an illustrator assisted my development as a writer.

What are you currently working on?

Now I'm working on translation of my first poetry collection. Ms. cried - 77 poems by hiromi suzuki (Kisaragi Publishing, 2013). "The Channel Where The Water-Table Joins The Ocean" which was published at Train is one of them. I don't have a translater and I'm not a native English speaker, its work is very hard. However, very enjoyable. With translation from Japanese to English, I feel writing a brand new poem.

Can you name a poet you think should be receiving more attention?

I can't.... Because my career as a poet has just begun. I pay attention to all the poets I have encountered. Also I thank the poets, editors and publishers who are supporting my work.

The Channel Where The Water-Table Joins The Ocean

hiromi suzuki



Dim horizon stole the dusk at the corner of corridor in Cavern Hotel. Flies which are playing hide-and-seek in incandescent lamp turn on the lights in unison on the ceiling.

Thunderstorm can occur over the channel where the water-table joins the ocean. The voice jumps out of the cathode ray tube. Room key has been broken. Only the voice of weather forecaster is walking on the beach surrounding the island.

The tide is at the full. The waves are roaring with pain. A wrecked ship carrying a mimic of Elvis singing with ukulele is swallowed into the monstrous cloud. Forecast says the hard rain will continue forever. We will not be able to distinguish between the sky and the sea.




hiromi suzuki is a poet, novelist and artist living in Tokyo, Japan. She is the author of Ms. cried, 77 poems by hiromi suzuki (Kisaragi Publishing, 2013), logbook (Hesterglock Press, 2018), INVISIBLE SCENERY (Low Frequency Press, 2018), Andante (AngelHousePress, 2019). Her works have been published internationally in poetry journals, literary journals and anthologies.
Web site: https://hiromisuzukimicrojournal.tumblr.com
Twitter : 
hiromi suzuki: @HRMsuzuki
Ms. cried: @HRMsuzuki