Montreal · Poetry · Personalized Cards
A poet from Montreal, writing in English
from a Francophone landscape.
About
Luc Bonnell is a Montreal poet. His work attends to the small intersections of language, memory, and place — the bilingual texture that runs underneath the page. He writes in English from Quebec, in a tradition that includes Mavis Gallant, Mordecai Richler, and Heather O'Neill.
His poems are restrained and image-attentive. One precise detail over three vague ones. Warmth without sentiment. The kind of line that stays with you on the way home.
He also writes personal poems on commission — for milestones, for people who deserve more than a generic card, for the moments that call for language that lasts.
Personalized Poem Cards
Every card begins with you telling Luc who the poem is for — their name, what they've done, what makes them them. What comes back is not a template. It's a poem that could only have been written for that one person, at that one moment.
Occasions
A poem
They saw what we always knew was there —
the talent, the drive, the rare kind of care
that doesn't just clock in and head for the door,
but stays a little longer, gives a little more.
Marie, this title is just paper and ink.
The real congratulations? It's time to think
of all that you've built, and all yet to come.
You've only just started. The best is still to come.
Pricing
What people say
"She read it three times. I've never found the right words for things like this — I told Luc what she means to me and he said it better than I ever could."
Sarah M. · Retirement, for her manager
"My husband cried. He never cries. The poem had a line about his morning coffee ritual that I mentioned in passing — it felt like Luc had known him for years."
Marie T. · Milestone birthday, for her husband
"I sent it to our whole team for her last day. Three people came to me afterward asking where I found it. I just said 'I had it written.' That felt right."
Daniel R. · Retirement, for a colleague of 12 years
Commission
Fill in what you know. The name, what they've done, what makes them specifically them — a habit, a place, something they love. The poem will arrive with those details woven in, not appended.
If you're unsure what to write, just say what you'd say to a friend: "She finally made VP after eight years and everyone knew she would" — that's enough to start.
Orders are fulfilled within minutes for Essential and Custom tiers. Signature poems may take up to a few hours.