The provided collection of poems are about moving away from things that no longer serve you. It encompasses poems about my own internal struggles, interpersonal conflicts, and fictional recounts of change and transition. It is not pretty. It is not a comprehensive story. It is a revocation of the things that I no longer need. It is a reminder that we don’t have to keep the things we do not value. That we can move on from that which does not help us Become.
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Salem Paige (they/them) is a poet and multidisciplinary artist based on traditional Coast Salish territory (so-called Vancouver, British Columbia). Salem holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Ottawa with a Major in Communications. Their works revolve around the exploration of identity and discomfort through narrative universes where Nature and technology intertwine, and can be found in their collection of poetry, The Third Self (2023, Sunday Mornings at the River Press) and their chapbooks evolution artificialis (2025, Anstruther Press), to grow roots (2023, bottlecap press) and miraculous dead things (2025, above/ground press), as well as in corporeal literary magazine, Beyond Words magazine, STREETCAKE magazine, Ariel Chart Literary Journal, BiPan magazine, and many others. They have previously been twice nominated for Best of the Net, shortlisted for the Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize and the Bridport Poetry Prize, and longlisted for the ROOM Poetry Prize. More on Salem can be found at salempaige.com or @corpseofapoet on the Internet.
