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Publications

A Little Something Extra

"dreamy & devastating. Lee Groen’s debut chapbook spans the cosmos, the sea, and the rest of the worlds we make up in our minds." - a square house

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Breakfast by the Vending Machines

This surreal piece of weird fiction subtly digests themes of food scarcity, capitalism, corporate servitude, friendship, and the most important meal of the day—breakfast.

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Appears in GOOEY Magazine Volume 3.

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Various Journalistic Articles

During my time as a News Reporter with The Navigator, I interviewed experts, extensively researched subjects, and wrote numerous articles on a wide variety of topics, including but not limited to Palestinian solidarity, B.C.'s impending earthquakes, the use of AI on university campuses, and local Arts & Culture.

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A Star Walked South

Under a star-filled Saskatchewan night sky, two brothers contemplate the cosmos together. 

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Appears in Portal 2024.

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The Lucky Ones

In my first fiction publication, a world stands still on the anniversary of an unfathomable tragedy, as the fortunate survivors reflect on what it means to be one of the "lucky" ones.

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Appears in Portal 2021.

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Laundry Days

In this poem, trauma cycles through three generations of men who attempt to wash away its stains.

 

Appears in Portal 2025.

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2 Poems

"Melancholy", attempts to outline indefinable emotions against a backdrop of B.C.'s famous flora and rain forests. 

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"A Dream of Drowning", traces where the tumultuous sea meets a recurring dream of finding a restful peace.

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Appears in Sea & Cedar Fall 2024.

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Shrimp Fried Rice

In this sprawling piece of weird fiction, a discontented food critic and skeptic travels half way around the world to meet the newest (and least believable) sensation in the culinary world.

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Appears in GOOEY Magazine Volume 2.

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The Last Powderman

A contemplative reflection on the life and lore of one of the last powdermen alive. A creative nonfiction piece written in the wake of a series of interviews with my late grandfather, Gary Groen. 

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Appears in Portal 2024.

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"A sky without clouds is a meadow without flowers, a sea without snails...

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The great story of the night is the moon's adventures with the clouds."

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- Henry David Thoreau, Journal IV June 24-25 1852

Lee Groen

editor / writer / poet

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"I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers,

From the seas and the streams;

I bear light shade for the leaves when laid

In their noonday dreams.

From my wings are shaken the dews that waken

The sweet buds every one,

When rocked to rest on their mother's breast,

As she dances about the sun.

I wield the flail of the lashing hail,

And whiten the green plains under,

And then again I dissolve it in rain,

And laugh as I pass in thunder."

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- Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cloud 

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