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Self &
Identity

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Place &
Belonging

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CALL FOR POEMS:

Time, Memory &
Legacy

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Keeping

JAIK JOSEPHSON,

65 yrs

BEAUSEJOUR, MB

I reach for you in dream
Slow withering arms across an empty bed
I hug air and try
To keep where you would be

Slow withering arms across an empty bed
Hear your voice and find sandalwood sleep
To keep where you would be
I’ve gotten slow to untangle from the home we made

I hear your voice and find sandalwood sleep
Nod off and into that same story of us
I’ve gotten slow to untangle from the home we made
But always comes a cruel morning to seize this nestle

Nod off and into that same story of us
I hug air and try
But always comes a cruel morning
to seize this nestle I reach for you in dream

Sensuality

Darlene Romanko,

64 yrs

Peachland, BC

movement in delight
radiates beauty
awakens me to
imitate what it's like
to be a goddess
in a godless time

aware of the dance
called aging
body and mind
leading and following
choreographed steps
in life's decline