Niqabs, Trudeau and the media – a poetic perspective

I appreciate poetry that is not afraid of politics. And that’s what we get to enjoy in a new book of poetry published by B.C.’s Ronsdale Press.
Passageways, by UBC political scientist emeritus Philip Resnick, explores the power of Greek mythology and the death of his late wife, but also stands out for its section on politics, titled “In Troubled Times.”
In the poem, In The Age of Justin, Resnick wonders about the influence millennials had in the 2015 election of young Pri