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Lines in the cento “We don’t how to to be here, do we?” taken from the following sources.

Lilburn, Tim. “FROM AN ANCHORAGE.” Moosewood Sandhills, XYLEM BOOKS, 2019, p 8.

Murakami, Sachiko. “a Rawlings, KEF-CDG.” Get Me out of Here, Talonbooks, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, BC, 2015, pp. 76–76.

McKay, Don. “Early Instruments.” Camber: Selected Poems, 1983-2000, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, Ont., ON, 2004, pp. 109–109.

Grouper. “Living Room.” Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/track/1nJV1JGWf61WRJy851LO34?si=8c90c594e20249aa. 2013.

Murakami, Sachiko. “Christine McNair, YYZ-BDL.” Get Me out of Here, Talonbooks, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, BC, 2015, pp. 36–36.

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. “Autobiography.” A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems, A New Directions Book, New York, Connecticut , 1958, pp. 60–66.

Xie, Jenny. “Invisible Relations.” Eye Level Poems, Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, MN, MN, 2018, pp. 44–44.

LATOSIK, JEFF. “AND MISSING STEPHANIE STEWART.” DREAMPAD, MCCLELLAND & STEWART, S.l., 2018, pp. 40–41.

Plath, Sylvia. “Getting There.” Sylvia Plath: The Collected Poems, edited by Ted Hughes, Quality Paperback Book Club, New York, 1993, pp. 247–248.

Ada Limón, “LATE SUMMER AFTER A PANIC ATTACK.” The Carrying, p. 19.

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. “Autobiography.” A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems, A New Directions Book, New York, NY, 1958, pp. 60–66.

William Carlos Williams. “I.” Spring and All, A New Directions Book, p 11.

McKay, Don. “Meditation on snow clouds approaching the university from the northwest.” Camber: Selected Poems, 1983-2000, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, Ont., ON, 2004, p. 106.

William Carlos Williams. “IX.” Spring and All, A New Directions Book, p 39.

Lilburn, Tim. “NO ONE REMEMBERS HOW TO DO THIS.” Moosewood Sandhills, XYLEM BOOKS, 2019, p 14.

Vuong, Ocean. “Daily Bread.” NIGHT SKY WITH EXIT WOUNDS, p 76.

Wright, Franz. “To Myself,” Poetry Foundation.

Lilburn, Tim. “GAZING AT THE WALL.” Moosewood Sandhills, XYLEM BOOKS, 2019, p 39.

Murakami, Sachiko. “a Rawlings, KEF-CDG.” Get Me out of Here, Talonbooks, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, BC, 2015, pp. 76–76.

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. “Christ Climbed Down.” A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems, A New Directions Book, New York, NY, 1958, pp. 70

Zwicky, Jan. “Five Songs For Relinquishing The Earth.” SONGS FOR RELINQUISHING THE EARTH, p 53.

Clark, Lauren. “Carmina 5.” MUSIC FOR A WEDDING, p 77.

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. “The Long Street.” A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems, A New Directions Book, New York, Connecticut , 1958, pp 71.

Lilburn, Tim. “HOW TO BE HERE?” Moosewood Sandhills, XYLEM BOOKS, 2019, p 44.

Xie, Jenny. “Rootless.” Eye Level Poems, Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, MN, 2018, p 1.

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. “Autobiography.” A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems, A New Directions Book, New York, NY, 1958, pp. 60–66.

Hao-Jan, Meng. “Returning to My Garden at Night after Looking for Chang Wu.” The Mountain Poems of Meng Hao-Jan, p 15.

Lilburn, Tim. “DISCIPLINE OF SECRECY.” Moosewood Sandhills, XYLEM BOOKS, 2019, p 24.

Plath, Sylvia. “Getting There.” Sylvia Plath: The Collected Poems, edited by Ted Hughes, Quality Paperback Book Club, New York, 1993, pp. 247–248.

McKay, Don. “LUKE& CO.” Camber: Selected Poems, 1983-2000, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, Ont., ON, 2004, p. 100.

Vuong, Ocean. “ALWAYS & FOREVER.” NIGHT SKY WITH EXIT WOUNDS, p 18.

William Carlos Williams. “IX.” Spring and All, A New Directions Book, p 39.

Grouper. “Call Across Rooms.” https://open.spotify.com/track/4detZaj6qfObdW7h9cHnFz?si=b67356ccb2914be1. 2014.

Lenker, Adrienne. “Anything.” https://open.spotify.com/track/4PwWESSlTwzvw9B7bmtTLS?si=d0d4bae5a84b4bd7. 2020

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. “Meet Miss Subways.” A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems, A New Directions Book, New York, NY , 1958, p. 74

Coppola, Sofia, writer& director. Lost In Translation. Focus Features, 2003.

Murakami, Sachiko. “a Rawlings, KEF-CDG.” Get Me out of Here, Talonbooks, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, BC, 2015, pp. 76–76.

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. “11.” A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems, A New Directions Book, New York, NY , 1958, p. 11

Lane, Patrick. “BOKUSEKI.” Washita, Harbour Publishing, BC, 2014, p 13.

Lilburn, Tim. “An Interview With Tim Lilburn (November 1996-January 1997).” A Matter of Spirit: Recovery of the Sacred in Contemporary Canadian Poetry, Ekstasis Editions Canada LTD, 1998, pp. 156-157.

Chuan, Xi. “Beast.” Notes on the Mosquito: Selected Poems, Translated by Lucas Klein, A New Directions Book, NY, NY, 2012, p. 155.

Chuan, Xi. “A Song of the Corner.” Notes on the Mosquito: Selected Poems, Translated by Lucas Klein, A New Directions Book, NY, NY, 2012, p. 149.

Joseph, Eve. “SHE BEGAN WITH THE IDEA THAT LITTLE IS KNOWN AND…” Quarrels, Anvil Press, Vancouver, BC, 2018, p. 29.

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. “Autobiography.” A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems, A New Directions Book, New York, NY, 1958, pp. 60–66.

Xie, Jenny. “Margins.” Eye Level Poems, Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, MN, 2018, pp. 67-68.

Xie, Jenny. “BILDUNGSROMAN.” Eye Level Poems, Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, MN, 2018, p. 45.

Joseph, Eve. “YOU KNOCK ON THE DOOR BUT NOBODY ANWSERS. CUPPING…” Quarrels, Anvil Press, Vancouver, BC, 2018, p. 32.

Plath, Sylvia. “Getting There.” Sylvia Plath: The Collected Poems, edited by Ted Hughes, Quality Paperback Book Club, New York, 1993, pp. 247–248.

Clark, Lauren. “Western Zuihitsu.” MUSIC FOR A WEDDING, pp. 54-58.

Clark, Lauren. “Interlude.” MUSIC FOR A WEDDING, p. 70.

Lan, Lan and Fiona Sze-Lorrain. Canyon in the Body (English and Simplified Chinese). The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2013. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/book30790., p. 99.

Lilburn, Tim. “NO ONE REMEMBERS HOW TO DO THIS.” Moosewood Sandhills, XYLEM BOOKS, 2019 p 14.

Wright, Franz. “To Myself,” Poetry Foundation.

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