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Tag: Canadian winter
Northern Madonna
The first part of this (i) was written in the early 90’s while living in Northwestern Ontario. The second (ii) was written and posted in November 2012, living in Northern Nova Scotia. There are some minor tweaks to (ii). Both were reshaped to compliment one another without interfering with the different style and rhythms.
Winter Landscape
Blizzard
Canadian winter
-20 with windchill;
we don’t go far before
Mira turns around.
Mennonite neighbour’s
hand-painted, snow-drifted sign;
“Where will you spend eternity?”
Dancing on Frozen Beaver Ponds 