<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>A Creative Way Out of Work&#187; Poetry</title>
	<atom:link href="http://valeriebeanonline.biz/category/poetry/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz</link>
	<description>A creative workplace for Valerie Poulin.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:39:57 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Hard to Hold</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/02/27/hard-to-hold/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/02/27/hard-to-hold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brushing back history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valerie poulin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I search for yesterdays and tomorrows
because today is too hard to hold.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/02/27/hard-to-hold/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Sun and Sky Remain Unconvinced</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/02/20/1568/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/02/20/1568/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Poetry Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ontario poetry society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valerie poulin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vlpoulin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The moon lifts off the tree’s muddy bark, pushing through foliage, on its way home. It has been away too long, it thinks as it moves back to position]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/02/20/1568/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Immeasurable</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/02/13/immeasurable/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/02/13/immeasurable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1556</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[count the questions/countless questions/silence falls/from tongues]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/02/13/immeasurable/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Sky Burial</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/02/06/sky-burial/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/02/06/sky-burial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1558</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I married the wrong brother./This is what my grandmother said to me./I married the wrong brother, see./We met, my girlfriend and me]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/02/06/sky-burial/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Zodiacal Charms</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/01/30/zodiacal-charms/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/01/30/zodiacal-charms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astrological signs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[northwestern ontario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sagitarius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taurus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vlpoulin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1554</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[he is a water sign/she is a fire sign/both signs are masculine/a fight to the death]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/01/30/zodiacal-charms/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Possession</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/01/23/possession/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/01/23/possession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 11:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1576</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[his eyes never leave/her fingers/her fingers never/leave him/ my palm pushes/its way into her skin]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/01/23/possession/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Two Sides to Every Story</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/01/16/two-sides-to-every-story/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/01/16/two-sides-to-every-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1505</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[above the city, a burden./dreams of leaving,/dreams of returning;/the next morning,/I do not resist.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/01/16/two-sides-to-every-story/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Spring on God&#8217;s Little Acre</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/01/09/spring-on-gods-little-acre/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/01/09/spring-on-gods-little-acre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Something to Hide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valerie pouin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valerie poulin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vlpoulin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[water puddles at angles of life-sized amethyst/squirrels the colour of autumn/steal away/their pockets stuffed with sunflower seeds/yellow bellies]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/01/09/spring-on-gods-little-acre/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Speak</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/01/02/his-silent-world/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/01/02/his-silent-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 11:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deaf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard of hearing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peoms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valerie poulin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vlpoulin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[He speaks. his hands touch her face. intimate gestures. they share. I watch. his hands. read his thoughts. he reaches across. the swell of her face. the weight of his finger against a shadow]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2011/01/02/his-silent-world/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>No Photographs (1987)</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/12/26/1987/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/12/26/1987/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valerie poulin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vlpoulin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1425</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On your trip to our apartment/in the city/the one time/you dared fly, braved the skies/you asked my sisters/why/there were no photographs/of you]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/12/26/1987/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>30 Apr 1995</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/12/19/30-apr-1995/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/12/19/30-apr-1995/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lost children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[miscarriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peotry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poems about loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetyr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valerie poulin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vlpoulin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[asleep in the crease/ of my/ lifeline cradled flesh bloodless/ against rosy/ palm/ she slipped/ away taking/ my breath/ with her]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/12/19/30-apr-1995/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Dead Star</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/12/12/a-dead-star/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/12/12/a-dead-star/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Poetry Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian poets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poets in Durham Region]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valerie poulin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vlpoulin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[a black, strapless dress/hints at/black ink pressed upon/the small of her back/where his hand last slept]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/12/12/a-dead-star/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Nature of Passion</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/12/05/1380/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/12/05/1380/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 10:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Poetry Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valerie poulin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vlpoulin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1380</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Holly bushes can survive/in clay ground, but prefer enriched soil./They are, after all, princesses.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/12/05/1380/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Winter Night</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/11/28/winter-night/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/11/28/winter-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creative Writing Certificate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fort William]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Brown College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lakehead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northwestern Ontari]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[northwestern ontario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Port Arthur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Lakehead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thunder Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valerie poulin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vlpoulin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The stars line up to measure this,
a chance to dream and reminisce.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/11/28/winter-night/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Stepping into the Day</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/11/21/stepping-into-the-day/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/11/21/stepping-into-the-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[you hate to swing your legs out from the night’s fray/to press your feet onto the steady hardwood floor/and step into the dark field of the day]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/11/21/stepping-into-the-day/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>No Cure for Love Songs</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/11/14/no-cure-for-love-songs/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/11/14/no-cure-for-love-songs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[we tell ourselves we could have lived
a life of famous blue overcoats]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/11/14/no-cure-for-love-songs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Malibu</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/11/07/malibu/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/11/07/malibu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 22:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[she gave her beauty/ to bars/ and strangers/packed away/what was left]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/11/07/malibu/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Beauty of Dandelions</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/10/31/the-beauty-of-dandelions/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/10/31/the-beauty-of-dandelions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Splayed hands of evergreen trees
encourage wind
across an acre of rural land
land marked by a phrase, unknowingly borrowed:
&#8220;God’s Little Acre&#8221;
The land left handprints on her body
in ways she had not counted on
a place to turn when life pulls a fast one
:::
Beyond Great Lakes basin
past remote borders of northwestern towns
to
a place where high-rises spy on tricky
sidewalks, lovers [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/10/31/the-beauty-of-dandelions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Reaching Back</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/10/24/reaching-back/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/10/24/reaching-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brush Back History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chapbook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CN Railway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CP Railway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manitoba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[northwestern ontario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thunder Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valerie poulin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vlpoulin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winnipeg]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1258</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A son reaches/back, reads a story about/a section hand who stood]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/10/24/reaching-back/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Language of My Father</title>
		<link>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/10/17/the-language-of-my-father/</link>
		<comments>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/10/17/the-language-of-my-father/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 20:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vlpoulin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Poetry Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian poets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chapbook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vlpoulin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://valeriebeanonline.biz/?p=1238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Measured by consonants,/guilt is a misstep of language.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://valeriebeanonline.biz/2010/10/17/the-language-of-my-father/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

