Edwin Wentworth

Edwin Wentworth is a twenty something queer poet from a small, cold town in Southern Ontario. Raised by travelling Shakespearean actors his work is strongly influenced by classical works and queer identity, while striving not to be solely defined by them. Edwin attempts to tell the truth in all that he writes and invites readers to engage in an earnest dialogue unclouded by irony or cynicism. Edwin has, so far, been published in Soliloquies Anthology out of Montreal.

“In the Fourteenth Year the Man with the Roses Came to Me and Said”, “Performer” and “Examination of a Morning Three Days After an Autumn Wedding”

Performer He stood adjusting on the small white pedestal Waiting for the lamb eyed crowd to bend their knees and soften Their breath. Looking out he weighed the gold that was still heavy in his heart, Felt its warmth in his palm as he prepared to cast it into the shining sea.