Sumac Literary Magazine

A digital literary magazine grown on the campus of Carleton University & inspired by the staghorn sumac rooted there

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In a black and white outline style. A rocket ship, satellite, and stars float above a planet.

Errant Satellites

After the wrong rocket collided with the moon / By way of lodestar, / we find our way to a / dark…

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In a black and white outline style. Multiple carrots dangling by dark string. Some, in the background, are light grey, overlapping the ones in the foreground.

12/11/2020 – 2:31 (am)

i was lost, so i killed my sanity/ honed my discipline/ trained to solve non-problems chosen by tortured people/ because i thought…

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In black and white, hand-drawn. A person stands with a saddened expression while a giant pencil stabs into their mid-section.

Trying to Molt When Young

Under the benches / of the girl’s locker room, / in a small private elementary school, / is my deadname, calligraphy in…

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In a black and white outline style. A decorated table with various foods, plates, and utensils placed on top of it.

Who Am I?

Who am I? / Al-Zaitoon from the forgotten land. / 1948, at three, on foot from Haifa to Sidonto Amman / Until…

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Fate Lies In Red Thread

Two people, connected. Connected through two lives. A life that could have been beautiful Was hard and exhausting instead. You cut it…

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Well that’s Rich! (2020)

I stand       in line for the        fruit punch  boxed juice        and straws to pierce the         plastic  clutching three…

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generic vampire poem

I sink my teeth into your text. I scroll through vineyards of unskippable ads and wonder what I’ll have for lunch. Simon…

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EXERCISING WONDER

I go for walks like I did at age 6 6-year-olds don’t follow one path,  They don’t regulate themselves Or know when…

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CAN I KISS YOU?

can i kiss you? when we were little that made it all better there’s so much i want to make better i…

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Short-Circuit

I’ve seen you five times now(or six, or seven),my eyes catching on your silt-coloured hairhanging three years longerthan it used to, a…

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Land Acknowledgement

Sumac acknowledges that our teams and facilities are situated on the traditional and unceded territories of the Algonquin nation, and that many of us are uninvited guests on this land. We acknowledge and thank the stewards and caretakers of this land and watershed. Their presence here reaches back to time immemorial and we hope that our contribution, Sumac Literary Magazine, has a positive impact.

About Sumac

Sumac Literary Magazine publishes work by people connected to Carleton University and/or the land it is on. Students, alumni, faculty, staff, community members, and anyone with links to our campus or community are welcome to submit their work for consideration.

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