spring 2014
Table of Contents
Return to Home PageAn Interview with a Caribou Richard Kelly Kemick
I Invent a Character Before Lunch Steve Klepetar
Lost and Found Things I Noticed . . . Ricky Garni
The Day The Rain Stopped Jane Mellor
The Last Year of His Life Barbara Brooks
Ariadne: the untangler Fiona Mitchell
In the South Chilcotins The Shell Rob Taylor
The Ford Takes Us to Wreck Beach Melissa Sawatsky
No Small Effort Joseph Dorazio
Poem for Jeff Poetry Shortage Kayla Czaga
We Are At Our Best When the Rain Ceases Falling on Hanover Richard-Yves Sitoski
The Last Year of His Life
My brother and I clean out Dad’s room
at the assisted living facility.
Six bags full of
paper: shopping lists, letters
magazines: Physics, Science
receipts: utility bills, credit card
I use a few bags to cover framed photos
to take home. Mt. Denali, the pileated
woodpecker picture I gave him for Christmas.
In a black lawn bag, we stuff
the suit he wore to Mom’s memorial,
sweat pants, his khakis, shirts, items
we thought Goodwill could use.