WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

April 2004

  • The Ledge

    We sat talking in a cafe in Juneau, Alaska. The windows were dark with rain, black sky in the middle of the afternoon. You told me a story:  a woman stumbles and falls into an abyss. She hangs, desperately clinging to a tree rooted in the cliffside. God!  she cries, Help me!      I’ll help… Continue reading

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  • Ghost Maps

    Erin Noteboom’s wonderful book: has been short-listed for the League of Canadian Poets’ Pat Lowther Memorial Award, given for a book of poems written by a woman and published in the preceding year. The judges’ citation reads: In Erin Noteboom’s Ghost Maps: Poems For Carl Hruska, the life of a WWII veteran is movingly rendered… Continue reading

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  • Poems to Peruse

    From Ruby Street: snapshots project I’ve been involved in a great project as part of a list I belong to, poetryetc. It’s called snapshots and entailed list members writing a ‘snap’ of where they are (physically, head-wise or whatever) at some time in the world each Wednesday. The greater part of the second iteration (sorry,… Continue reading

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  • April Meme

    A new game making the rounds: 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 23. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. They walk the roads alone, with hardly a coin in their pockets; they undergo severe trials in unfamiliar,… Continue reading

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  • Cat Hating circa 1965

    A CAUTIONARY TALE ON THE DANGERS&nbsp OF PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp TO YOUNG, IMAGINATIVE MINDS &nbsp&nbsp She: &nbsp&nbsp I hate cats. Cats are evil. Me: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Cats are evil? She:&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Yes. Cats kill babies. Me: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Cats kill babies?!? She:&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Yes. At night, they go to the closet and get dry cleaning bags. Then they drag… Continue reading

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