Hello!

This will be my first May Day year. Ariel kindly asked me the last two years, but I couldn't due to other commitments, but here I am this year and very much looking forward to it. I won't be as active as I'd like to be, though. We're moving in two months, so I'm packing my house, trying to find tenants, solo-parenting two boys (3 & 5), and I'm pregnant. I'm exhausted just thinking about it all!

I've recently wrapped up my second manuscript of poetry, and I have no idea what I'd like to write next, so what I will be posting will not even been full poems and literally written the night before, most likely without anything uniting them. It's scary to do this, but I think it will be a good exercise. I hope to post every three days or so, ending up with 8 - 10 first drafts of poems. I won't be commenting as much as I should/would like to, and consequently I don't expect my poems to be commented on much either.

I look forward to getting to know you through your work. Happy May, everyone!

p.s. I haven't properly introduced myself, have I? My name is Marita and my first book of poetry, All Things Said & Done was published in 2007. I have an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC, grew up in small town BC, lived in Vancouver for about twelve years, moved to Edmonton in 2007 and will be moving back to Vancouver this summer (hence the packing). You can see my poor, neglected blog here.