'We don't write about autumn,
we write about fall. We have
fall here and not very much of it.'
Robert Kroetsch
fall fell far too soon
this year (or
is this so new
yet today's sun has
fallen only so far
down the bright
blue sky
& the trees their
leaves unfallen colour
full in 'the white of
dazzling light' a
-chieves
'a transparent light of
meaning' for a
moment & moving
across valley
walls a cast
sudden
glowing quilt
'no self here
to find, no
proper name'
left
Edmonton Wednesday September 21 2005
Douglas Barbour
11655 - 72 Avenue NW
Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9
(780) 436 3320
There was the usual amount of corruption,
intimidation, and rioting.
Sir Charles Petrie
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