The poems in Household Dangers aim to unsettle our sense of familiarity and comfort in the domestic space, to probe the hazards—relational, environmental—as well as to trace moments of transcendence. In our domestic spaces as well as institutional ones, we are surrounded by the material residue of our lives, the objects that we may take for granted over time. The poems in this collection ask us to take a closer look at them. From tableware to paintings, some objects weigh us down and nurture nostalgic attachments, while others spark flashes of perception.
Leanne Boschman is a Vancouver Island-based writer living and working on the traditional territories of the Cowichan Tribes and Malahat Nation. Her poetry has been published in Geist Magazine, Prism international, Other Voices, Dandelion Magazine, Room, Arc Poetry, The Tempz Review, Pulp Literature, and Grain. Her poems have also been published in several anthologies. Her debut collection Precipitous Signs: A Rain Journal (Leaf Press, 2009) explores colonial narratives of settlement and the lived experience of women in labour markets and domestic settings. Leanne’s second collection of poems is Here at the Crux (Silver Bow Publishing, 2022). Her poem “Hymns for Sad Ballads” won 1st prize in the 2022 Delta Literary Arts Society Poetry contest. As well, her poem “Most of Your Stuff is Worthless” won 1st prize in Pulp Literature’s 2023 Kingfisher Poetry Contest. She is currently working on a memoir project that combines prose, poetry, and fibre arts.
