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Bonnie Nish
 Bonnie Nish is founder of Twisted Poets Open Mic. She is also the co-founder of
Under the Elephant an open mic night, and Pandora's Collective and The Kitsilano
Writing Group both writing collectives in Vancouver BC. A captivating
storyteller, Bonnie allows us to see the world in a slightly unique way,
presenting a refreshing view of life through her poetry. Published widely
throughout North America you may view some of her work (both poetry, prose and
book reviews) in the anthologies, "Undercurrents," and "Quills," and on-line at
luluzine.com, hackwriters.com and greenboathouse.com. In September 2001,
Bonnie's poem "Don Quixote's Love Song," a grand prize winner in the Artist's
Embassy International Dancing Poetry Contest, was performed at the California
Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. Bonnie has her BA in English
Literature from the University of Toronto.
Contact: blnish_pandoras@yahoo.ca
www.angelfire.com/art/bonnienish/
Selected Poem:
Alice Died in Wonderland
At the end of the forest
the Caterpillar waits for answers
puffs heavy questions into the evening air.
“She will come,” he mumbles.
Sun-flowered thoughts
trip up and down his windpipe,
sweet essences float above his head
and his eyes roll toward heaven.
“She must come,” he whispers
Grasping spindled legs
around the sweltering hookah
holding onto earth becomes as necessary as breathing
as difficult as a moon landing
He listens to the disappearing wind.
”She will not come,” he cries.
leans deeper into smoky deliverance.
He is utterly alone.
Published in Quills Poetry Magazine
2004 “(March)
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