Henry Doyle has been working as a custodian and maintenance worker in shelters and SROs on the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver since 2008. He now works in the biggest shelter in North America. Anvil Press published his debut collection, No Shelter, in 2021.
SUGGESTIONS FOR YOU
Poetry
Molly Cross-Blanchard
Here's the thing
"... Blood dripped down my chin. The light / left. After, I googled what it all meant—death, / capitalism, Steffie’s stuffed bunny ..."
Poetry
Sarah Wolfson
The Gravedigger
"... I remembered / the week the fireflies dissolved into crickets. / We'd just lived through the big thing ..."
Poetry
JAMES POLLOCK
Flashlight
“a switch, a focus, and a temperament / suited to discovery…”