What Would Thales Say?

Authors

  • Susan Elizabeth McCaslin Douglas College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14288/cl.vi258/259.197888

Abstract

Read the full poem on Canadian Literature's website at https://canlit.ca/article/what-would-thales-say/.

Author Biography

Susan Elizabeth McCaslin, Douglas College

Susan McCaslin is a Canadian poet who has published thirteen volumes of poetry, including The Disarmed Heart (The St. Thomas Poetry Series, 2014), and Demeter Goes Skydiving (University of Alberta Press, 2011), which was short-listed for the BC Book Prize and the first-place winner of the Alberta Book Publishing Award (Robert Kroetsch Poetry Award).  She has recently published a memoir, Into the Mystic: My Years with Olga (Inanna Publications, 2014). Susan lives in Fort Langley, British Columbia where she initiated the Han Shan Poetry Project as part of a successful campaign to save a local rainforest. She is Faculty Emeritus of Douglas College in New Westminster, B.C.

 

Published

Jun. 10, 2025 (UTC)

How to Cite

McCaslin, Susan Elizabeth. “What Would Thales Say?”. Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review, no. 258/259, June 2025, pp. 272-3, doi:10.14288/cl.vi258/259.197888.

Issue

No. 258/259 (2024): How to Be at Home in Canada: Placemaking in Indigenous, Diasporic, and Settler Texts

Section

Poetry