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tiny wings

Even now her voice sounds far away even farther than across the country whispering over phone lines and satellite. I hold the receiver against my ear my clutching fingers ache, arthritic warm plastic crushes my earlobe. At first the conversation … Continue reading

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Incident in a framing store

This poem was a candidate for my reading at the mayor’s celebration of the arts at Aultsville Theatre March 28, 2009. Continue reading

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Circling the Moon

I invoke the spirit of Jack Wright whose light was the heart of our theatre Rosamund Laberge who awoke the strings in our children Berenice Dickson who created our dancers for a dime each week Rose Stephens who made theatre … Continue reading

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