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Words from the Editor

poetry by John B. Lee
prince hal on skates

an interview with John B. Lee
poetry by John B. Lee
pneumonia deliriums, or why I didn't play hockey as a child
the ritual
my father quit hockey one night late in his youth
skating with my wife on the rideau canal on the last cold day of march
newspaper photograph of my father dangling his feet off the deck of the lifeguard tower ...
the drowned poet

poetry by Yvon Blomer
kurate koko - sports festival

poetry by John Grey
the ball gets behind me

poetry by Kate Braid
world cup 1998
the kiss

poetry by Michael Kissinger
snip job

2-day poem contest:

1st place: Todd Besant
scenes from a spiteful business

1st runner-up: Sylvia Legris
dog star on the brain

2nd runner-up: Melanie Cameron
if we stand together by the lake

3rd runner-up Alison Calder
the animals dream (1)

finalist Kimmy Beach
he used it to button the jacket

finalist Tanis MacDonald
thermodynamics

finalist Heidi Greco
the uncertainty of machines

finalist Catherine Moss
weather warning

an interview with Vicki Goodfellow Duke
poetry by Vicki Goodfellow Duke
for leona
first stone
too soon

Cyberslam 2003

1st place Vicki Goodfellow Duke
untitled: acrostic
untitled: tanka
untitled: diamante
running from rhyme: palinode

2nd place Jonathan Ball
in the evening / in the fields: acrostic
shot / a gun or cupid's arrow: tanka
form from: diamante
p(utr/n)ode / a recantation (in the evening ...): palinode
love sonnet for canada: qualifying challenge

3rd place Duncan Armstrong
grace: acrostic
march: tanka
untitled: diamante
distaste: palinode
ode to canada: qualifying challenge

finalist Tammy Marlowe
ode to canada: qualifying challenge

finalist Ben Kroeker
have a nice day: acrostic

finalist Brenda Schmidt
another assessment of the poet's ills: acrostic

finalist Ken Kowal
grandparents: acrostic

finalist Kathy Sutherland
in the cross hair: acrostic

finalist Kimmy Beach
i wear grandma's ivory gown: tanka

finalist Catherine Greenwood
if life hands you turtles, make turtle soup: palinode

finalist Heidi Greco
the urgency of art: acrostic

finalist Polly Washburn
for richard: tanka