Common Place

Common Place explores the stories of shifting, resilient bodies and landscapes bound by systems of capital and power. From thin threads of text messages across borders to encounters with strangers in the crush of rush-hour transit, Sarah Pinder names our most private and public moments of seeing and being seen. With considered, quiet urgency, this poem witnesses our ambiguous, aching present and looks towards what comes next. Sarah Pinder is the author of the poetry collection Cutting Room . Her writing has been included in magazines including Geist, Arc , and Poetry is Dead . She lives in Toronto, Canada.