Rouge

Synopsis

Poetry. To Commemorate A Tragedy--and Celebrate A Subway Line. Toronto The Not-so-good? This Series Of Poems Is A Response To The 2012 Danzig Street Mass Shooting At A Block Party In Toronto's Scarborough Area, During A Period When Gun Violence Had Reached A Peak In The City. Here The City's East End Becomes A Source Of Poetic Inspiration, And The East-west Subway Line As The Organizing Structure. Going From West To East, Each Poem Is Informed By A Ttc Subway Stop, Inspiring Form, Voice, And Content. We Get Meditations, Commentary, And Visual Poetry. The Conclusion Is A Pair Of Poems, Both Titled Rouge: The First Makes Use Of Reports, Songs, And Tweets That Appeared Following The Shooting, And The Second Is A Lyrical Response.