Marc di Saverio

Marc di Saverio hails from Hamilton, Ontario. His poetry and translations have appeared in such outfits as The Dalhousie Review, Modern Haiku, Haiku Scotland, and Maisonneuve Magazine. Simply Haiku named him one of "the top ten world's finest living English language haiku poets for the year 2011." In September 2013, his debut collection, Sanatorium Songs, was published with Palimpsest Press, to critical acclaim. His long poem, The Love Song of Crito Di Volta, will be appearing in October of 2014 with Frog Hollow Press.  He is currently translating The Collected Poems of Emile Nelligan.

Psych Ward Dreams In The Night

A translation of Emile Nelligan’s Rêve d'une nuit d'hôpital (for Shane Neilson)

Wearing the white of her paintings, sublime
Cecile is seen by the Saint, her head haloed --
and Jesus, Mary and Joseph...