July 2012| 5.5 x 8.5 | 28 pp | 978-1-926655-47-5 | $10.00

driftworks

A Poetry Chapbook by Nicole Pakan

I’ve been walking the streets like Ginsberg
alleys like Kerouac, under city lights
the charm of landmarks, crumbling brick

this is a new road

from “spaces”

Nicole Pakan is an active member of the Edmonton literary community. She is the co-editor of DailyHaiku, art editor for DailyHaiga, and is a past board member of the Edmonton Poetry Festival. Her first chapbook, Contemplating Vows (with Patrick M. Pilarski), was published by Katabatic Books in 2011. In 2009 Nicole won the CBC poetry faceoff in Edmonton, and placed third nationally. Her work has appeared in many Canadian literary journals, multimedia exhibits, on television, radio and on stage. Nicole lives in Edmonton with her literary co-conspirator Patrick, a dozen fish and far too many plants. To learn more about her work, visit www.nicolepakan.ca.