Contributor: Paul McKenzie

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Winterlude

On a day in late October,Summer summered one last time,So I imagined I was back thereIn that good old summertime.The sun was bold, the air so still,The sky a cloudless blue.Blowflies darted door to doorAs if the world was new. “Come out and play,” the blowflies chittered,So I followed them outside.I drank the golden cup […]

Inspired by: Call Me Bubbles Darling,
by: Julia Burlingame

“He Shoots, He Scores, His Hands Held High Like They’re Never Coming Down!”

Nope, that’s not the eloquence of legendary broadcaster, Danny Gallivan, describing countless Montreal Canadiens goals back in the day. It was my friend, ‘Mouthpiece Joey’ Mombourquette, doing play-by-play for our winter road hockey of yesteryear. Played on a flat slice of our dead-end street, sandwiched between a hill going up and a hill going down, […]

Inspired by: Winter solace,
by: Melanie Park