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poems
"John is brilliant at communicating. She's also really funny. Poems don't get more direct and precise and unforgettable than this." —National Post
total is a work of contemporary mysticism, a lunar erotics of rage and grief. Here the glory of the quotidian is balm, study, and companion for the poet’s pilgrimage across deserts of loss and absence. total is prayerfulness as claws out, eyes wet, throat open, eyes turned up and in.
AISHA SASHA JOHN is a performer, choreographer, and poet. She’s the author of I have to live. (McClelland & Stewart, 2017), a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize, THOU (Book*hug, 2014), a finalist for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry and the ReLit Poetry Award, The Shining Material (Book*hug, 2011), and the chapbook TO STAND AT A PRECIPICE ALONE AND REPEAT WHAT IS WHISPERED (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2021). As a dance artist, Aisha is interested in performance as a site of rehearsing being and in the power of reception as creative methodology. She’s the inaugural Affiliate Artist at Toronto Dance Theatre where her work The Pool, made with the TDT ensemble, will premiere in winter 2025. Aisha’s duet DIANA ROSS…
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Aisha Sasha John