by Sacha Archer
Light as a rock, dark as a ray of sunshine
Slur panned
The heart of a troubled nation tastes best on a skewer
You hit the nerve on the nail of head
Sacha Archer is a Canadian concrete poet. His most recent book is Second Sight published by Redfox Press. Some of Archer’s other publications include Havana Syndrome (The Blasted Tree), Sweet Sixteen (Zimzalla), cellsea (Timglaset), Empty Building (Penteract Press), Mother’s Milk (Timglaset), which was included on CBC’s best poetry books of 2020 list, Perverse Density (above/ground press) and In Remembrance of Lost Children (Paper View Books). Find him on Facebook and Instagram @sachaarcher.
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