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Tag: Prose

Spring 2022

Run!

DALENE FRANCES MICHAELS ❏ I walked to and from my elementary school, which was about a kilometer from home, along sand streets. On one particular summer day, I was walking home by myself. With my schoolcase in hand, I kicked empty cans along the street and skipped stones across the sand, entertaining myself on my lonely walk home. Lost in the fantasy world of my mind, I bent over to pick up a stone. From between my legs, I could see everything behind me upside down. I saw a group of people led by a man running toward me at a fast clip. My flight or fight instinct kicked in and I popped back up.

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Spring 2022

Kariya Park

ISHRAT CHOWDHURY ❏ Kariya Park. It is the heart of Mississauga. It is situated at the south of Square One shopping Mall. The park features Japanese style gardens, pavilion, magnolia, cherry trees, rhododendrons, hydrangea, daffodils, tulips and several sculptures gifted to us By Kariya City in 2001. The Japanese garden “delights the senses and challenges the soul” as well as creates a sense of balance and aesthetics. It was officially opened in 1992 on the eleventh anniversary of our twin relationship with Kariya City. It was started after World War 2 in 1960. The idea was to connect cities over the World to reduce the conflicts and coldness among them. It was to create awareness among the citizens.

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Spring 2022

Shannon L. Christie

MICHELLE HILLYARD ❏ Shannon was a dear member of our poetry community, the Mississauga Writers Group, and to me, a sweet, sweet friend. I enjoyed her art, her poems, but most of all her company, and the deep conversations we’d have. She was such a support to other artists, and a welcome addition to all the shows she’d come to. She had a smile which could brighten anyone’s day, and the biggest, most compassionate heart. She truly cared about people. I’m so incredibly sorry for your loss. The writers group also collectively wishes to pass on condolences. She will be greatly missed. ❤️

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Spring 2022

A Man Who Notices

ASHLEIGH RYAN ❏ Julie has twenty-six plants in her three hundred square-foot apartment. Half she maintained when her ex still lived there; the other half she acquired in the eighteen months since. There are nine different succulents, mostly teacup sized, placed in cream-coloured planters shaped like llamas and other animals. There’s a trio of African violets placed on a tiered display close to the window like toddler girls posing for a portrait. There’s a fern hanging in the corner beside the couch and a large palm on the opposite side in a wooden pot on the floor. There’s a skinny dracaena beside the television that she frequently turns away from the light to coax into a more pleasing shape, only to have it grow taller and more haphazard. Butted against it are three baseball-sized cacti in a series of white pots placed in a wooden tray like a set of dips.

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Winter 2022

In the Louvre

ISHRAT CHOWDHURY ❏ Anushka was very fond of visiting every museum in the world whenever she found an opportunity. She was from an affluent family so she did not have to worry about spending money. She visited the Louvre Museum before a couple of times, Bata Museum in Canada, Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, Guernica, Prado and other museums in Spain, London, America, Italy and Egypt with her parents. After she did her Master’s Degree in Fine Arts, she wanted to visit them alone, having plenty of time on her hands.

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Winter 2022

Sunset

SAVITHRI DUDDU ❏ Looking at the sun set on the New Year’s Eve, reflecting on the 2021 that passed by like an Instagram reel, repeating itself month over month with lockdown partially, and yet motivating to look for more, all happened in a span of 12 months. Yes! a year is of 12 months, whether we live inside the house or outside. (Just for laughs!)

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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

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 2021

You’ve Got To Be Taught

ELIZABETH BANFALVI ❏
Many years ago, I saw the movie South Pacific. It was about American sailors and medical staff that were on a south Pacific Island in the war. It was a love story for a sailor and a nurse. It had the most beautiful musical score. Its story contained the fact that even though the characters fell in love with the islands’ people, they couldn’t stay with them because their beliefs wouldn’t let them.

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Winter 2021

In A Storm Of Elements

NINA MUNTEANU ❏ What a marvelous few days we’ve had here in the Kawarthas! So much snow but also sun and hail and wind … I just HAD to walk in it all and experience it. It started with a sudden hail then light snow followed by sunshine. But even as the sun shone, more snow fell. The stubborn river kept glinting in the sunlight. Huge flakes fluttered down and the river sparkled. Some trees lit up like torches behind the thick snowflakes.

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