they burnt our old house just burnt it, Beth told me as we drove down dirt roads to the homestead that’s the barn that Dad bought from a neighbour it rides the waves of this prairie its peaked roof a prow above the door two cupola jutted into late-day blue sky my camera clicked just […]
blue skies poetry, in association with the Writers Guild of Alberta, is looking for poems by Alberta writers that explore the magnificent and diverse landscape of our province and how we interact with it. From the tar sands in the north, to the towering Rockies, to the bald prairie of the south – not to […]
“Mother grizzly and cub seen in the area. Cinnamon mother, black cub. Repeated sightings at Wonder Pass and Assiniboine Lodge. Never approach wild animals. Extreme caution is advised when using trails.†Warning! “Stay together.†I tell my kids, my voice urgent. “Bears are dangerous, especially a mama. No running ahead. If we meet the bears, […]
i would tug on my work boots every evening and go out, and when i’d find it i would reach into the soil, bite my grip around it tight, and pull it out, roots bursting like firecrackers. i would carry it in the bowl of my hands to the farmhouse and rinse it in the […]
when your sister was born you began collecting stones, leaves, acorns and buds, piles of sand and grit. they are always in your pockets and socks, the relics of nature. you busy yourself like a squirrel who gathers and saves. nothing is as it was. the limits of time and space close in on you […]
