Margaret Atwood’s First (and Last) Speed Dating Night
Quick – tell me everything you know about Canada, wilderness tips,
survival.
Are you attracted to redheads with an attitude?
Would you let me fill your mouth with words of my own making?
Are you into creepy bedtime stories?
Don’t you think every story should include a wolf?
If I cry out, ‘Only you, only you can help me’ –
will you?
How do you feel about unadorned red dresses?
Do you sometimes want to give your date a makeover?
Good or bad date idea – playing Murder in the Dark?
Tell me, how do you feel about killing your darlings?
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Colette Tennant has three books of poetry: Commotion of Wings, Eden and After, and Sweet Gothic, just published. Her book, Religion in The Handmaid’s Tale: a Brief Guide, was published in 2019 to coincide with Atwood’s publication of The Testaments. Her poems have won various awards and have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes along with being published in various journals, including Prairie Schooner, Rattle, Southern Poetry Review, and Poetry Ireland Review. Colette is an English and Humanities Professor who has also taught art in Great Britain, Germany, and Italy.
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