Total: Poems

＂John is brilliant at communicating. She’s also really funny. Poems don’t get more direct and precise and unforgettable than this.＂ --National Post

The highly anticipated new collection from Griffin Poetry Prize finalist Aisha Sasha John.

IS THERE A SYNONYM
CLOSER TO COMPASSION
THAN PATIENCE?

A PERSON WHO LOVES BEAUTY
MORE THAN THEY FEAR IT

THE CLOSEST TO NOTHING
YOU CAN DO FOR MONEY

TO TOUCH TIME TO ITSELF

AISHA SASHA JOHN is the author of i have to live (2017), a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize; THOU (2014), a finalist for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry and the ReLit Poetry Award; and The Shining Material (2011). She choreographs and performs in the feminist collective WIVES as well as solo performances (The Aisha of Oz, VOLUNTEER). Aisha’s video work and text art have been exhibited in galleries (Doris McCarthy, Oakville Galleries) and installed at Union Station in Toronto (Art Metropole). She was born in Montreal.