About Me
My name is Ward Maxwell, and I am a poet and artist living in Toronto, Canada. This website is to share my work with the world, which includes you.
I hope these works create joy for you. That’s my purpose. I‘ve reached the point in my work where if you, the reader/viewer, like the work then that’s what I want. I’ve realized, I’m making stuff to share it, in the hopes, you might take pleasure in it, find an insight, or may be inspired by it. That’s what completes the loop of making art for me.
All of the work featured on the site is by myself. The art is analogue in its making. I do not use AI to create any of my art or writing.
If you like something, please let me know. Part of the purpose is to interact with anyone who likes what I’m doing. Feel free to comment, share, like, or … just experience a moment of joy.
Thanks for taking the time to look through the site. The site will be updated regularly. Please visit again soon!
Writing
You gotta be lucky to be in love
You gotta be lucky to be in love.
Bet on the hot hand, roll the dice,
play hard to be twice as nice.
Cut a two, make it hearts,
you gotta make the bet if you want the part;
you gotta be lucky to be in love.
Peacock Python Monkey King
a fable
Python lay coiled on a warm flat rock admiring his beautiful scales, how they shimmered in the sun, and constantly shifted in colour. They made him look fluid, like he was a glittering stream threading his way through the jungle. Python was so pleased with himself that he rolled in great coils that flipped about as he stared at every inch of his gorgeous body.
Python was not the only one admiring Python’s scales.
windows
There is no worse fate than being captive in a windowless room. If the room is small, all the worse. It must be said within our core being, windows promise escape.
