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Questions and Answers
What inspired “December, Glasgow”?
This poem was written during my first winter in Scotland. I had moved from Vancouver to do a Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. It was near Christmas; I was standing on Glasgow’s Buchanan Street looking down at the stream of shoppers.
What poetic techniques did you use in “December, Glasgow”?
I focus on using soft sounds and the occasional internal rhyme.
This poem “December, Glasgow” originally appeared in Canada Reads. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 193 (Summer 2007): 35.
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