Niki Koulouris lives in Toronto and works as a writer and editor. Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art from RMIT University in Australia.
In a Pact with an Owl
—for Jackson Pollock
In a pact with an owl
you wade through
the cramped reflections of a lake
so many nights on short fuse wire
you drive like a gelding
through fog
through headlights
those two canoes
lifted like sleepers
in a dark parade.
When Night Spiked
When night spiked
its wingless river
I became freight
until I reached your statue,
your spurs propped up
on the shore,
among the bolts
and the ruins
and the blonde carnations
and the rams that go to war.
Niki Koulouris lives in Toronto and works as a writer and editor. Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art from RMIT University in Australia.