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arrangement in white and planet

five white stacking chairs asymmetrical around one side  of the bonfire pit evidence for archaeologist or detective of an evening after the children were in bed a week or so ago when they were all still here

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Here

At the end of summer vacation, the emptiness of those left behind to close up is sometimes unbearable. This poem explores this feeling. Continue reading

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Family news: Shannon Cowan’s novel short-listed

Shannon Cowan’s Young Adult novel, Tin Angel (978-1-897073-68-1), has been Shortlisted for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People. This award, which was established in 1988 in memory of the respected historian and … Continue reading

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