Andreae Callanan

poetry, scholarship, curiosity

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  • 4 July 2025

    A view of St. John's Harbour from atop Signal Hill. The water is bright blue. The sky is also bright blue, and streaked with the thinnest white clouds. The harbour is flanked by ships on both sides. In the foreground there is green grass cut through by well-maintained trails.
    A view of St. John’s Harbour from atop Signal Hill. The water is bright blue. The sky is also bright blue, and is streaked with the thinnest white clouds. The harbour is flanked by ships on both sides. In the foreground there is green grass cut through by well-maintained trails.

    O! St. John’s, you devil / O! hometown / O! neglected colonial outpost turned tourist attraction / O! unearned intimacy, o! affection unreturnèd / O! your trauma-site heritage structures / O! your dry rivers and rising ocean / O! your summer air still sweet with rosescent and birdsong!