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Winter 2022

Oh, How I Wish…

OLIVE HANNA ❏ I wish that I was dumb and could not speak For then I’d waste no time on useless speech Be tempted not to gossip or to screech beliefs
Just to impress I wish that I was blind and could not see The turmoil and the stress of this poor world The beauties seen, the smell and feel of life Would comfort me

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Winter 2022

Who Gets The Cake?

PARVEEN KAUR ❏ My younger brother Lali was born on March 17, 1946. It was his fourth birthday. We were in Jallandhar. He was in an English medium school where the sons and daughters of rich people went. My mother, Pushpa, had gone to his school and invited all the twenty children of his class to his birthday party. On that auspicious day, the dining room was decorated with balloons and buntings. Kiddy bags were filled with goodies for the little guests to take back home.

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Winter 2022

To Fall, In Love

SAJEDA MANZOOR ❏ Down, around Go astray the leaves Red, yellow, and brown They’re beautiful (you’ll see) Falling to and fro from the same tree The roots cherish them These leaves that’re free To choose the direction To blow in the wind Give colors to the atmosphere Nature won’t be dimmed

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Winter 2022

Photography

SHANNON CHRISTIE ❏ A lonely seat | White rose | Snow-covered pine | Swan in La Salle Marina | An animal skull | Erin Mills Town Center sphere | Glam || A winter’s sun

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Winter 2022

A Better Place?

DECHEN YEE ❏ Crunch, crunch, crunch… Her boots left imprints on the snowy path as she trudged along the winding trails in the woods. Crunch, crunch, crunch… Her thoughts drifted above the bare tree branches that reached upwards as if to caress the deep blue Ontario winter sky. Bhutan. Circa 1973. She watched intently as his fingers found the wood working tool he was looking for.

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Winter 2022

Brumal Days

ISHRAT CHOWDHURY ❏ Dark and gloomy Cold temperature comes round often Snow becomes hard and slippery Freezing rain, black ice on roads But there is a beauty behind all White flurries and falling snow looks heavenly beautiful

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Winter 2022

The Madness Well

SHANNON CHRISTIE ❏ I’ve stared into the face | of utter madness | Been a witness to a many | Ghastly things | I’m drowning in a pool | Of overwhelming sadness | They don’t see me | And yet their eye really stings

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Winter 2022

In Winter, Hope

HASAN ZIA ❏ It’s all light and dark | My dazed mind and subtle heart | Nurtured in shadows | Thoughts turn to dreams | Abandoned memories decay | As dormant emotions depart | It’s all crystal clear | Desire, regret, love and fear | Spoken shamelessly | Blatant lies poison the soul | Behind each fancy mask | I see real faces, dark

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Winter 2022

Let It Snow!

PEMA HOU ❏ Others cringe but I delight | As the dark winter night | Brings down fluffs of snow | That soon cover the ground below. | The temperature falls and I go to bed | With a smile in anticipation of tomorrow. | When the white canvas of the field | Is ready for me to wield | My poles as I step on my skis.

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