Poetry
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walking the dogs
by Sandra Lambert
The dogs tug on their lines /
like fish /
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I swear like my father /
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I have no patience / ...
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moon-sliver
by Malca Litovitz and Elana Wolff
Same sliver of moon we saw in Paris leaning over the Louvre, /
shadows ...
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love poem
by Ann Scowcroft
Your brother has left his wife fallen /
for a younger woman we /
could be watching the rerun of a made- / ...
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library book sale
by Barry Dempster
At first glance, the used-book sale /
is a swathe of hope, all those /
rumoured-to-be-lost words /
laid out in ...
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impact
by Billeh Nickerson
One passenger believed it was her husband, /
the ship’s jolt just another expression of their love. /
Others ...
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slip
by Jennifer Londry
fall backwards repeat the past /
try to hang onto the present close your eyes /
on the edge of saying something, ...
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wishing well
by Sachiko Murakami
My fist holds as many coins /
as I can carry. All are stamped with the Queen’s effigy; /
Elizabeth, D. G. Regina, ...
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Matrimony
by Tanis MacDonald
i. The Mud Wife /
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A green thumb for certain, though /
a poor hand with a broom. She limps /
when it ...
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Sleepingblue
by Sheri Benning
The night before I leave there is a storm. Wind, a train /
down Nevsky that runs past us before we can turn /
to ...
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windfarm
by Tom Wayman
West of Fort Macleod, where Highway 3 /
twists through the Foothills toward the Crowsnest Pass /
row upon row of ...
