The Abandoned Madeline Sonik "Like the unpredictable beauty of

"Like the unpredictable beauty of random eddy patterns

What the Poets Are Doing brings together two younger generations of poets to engage in conversations with their peers on modern-day poetics

--Jackie Clappison

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The Abandoned Madeline Sonik "Like the unpredictable beauty ofDescription Among the strip malls, industrial parks and overpasses of Southwestern Ontario, Tim is a young misfit with an overactive imagination and a heavy drinking father, surrounded by bullies at school and wondering if hell ever be normal. He experiences first love with another high school student, Sherrie, and at the same time he meets his first friend, Russ. In pursuing Sherrie, Tim is drawn into a cult like religious retreat, and his friendship