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Spring 2008

Poetry

VanBuren's picks:

Antonia Clark
Brad Johnson
Dale McLain
Roger Pfingston
Richard Rippon

John Anderson
Cristina Baptista
Cynthia Brackett-Vincent
Michael Brownstein
Nuala Ní Chonchúir
Alison Eastley
Brent Fisk
David Fraser
Krikor der Hohannesian
Amy MacLennan
Lisa Markowitz
Damon McLaughlin
Micki Myers
Roger Pfingston
Heather Schimel
Rachel Stewart
Lafayette Wattles

Flash Fiction

Matt Alberhasky
Margaret Fieland
Robert Johnson
Willie Smith



On Debunking Modern Art

Alex Nodopaka


Pushcart Nominees

Editors

Jennifer VanBuren
Jai Britton
Patrick Carrington


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David Fraser

Spring 2008

Somewhere in the Yard

Somewhere in the yard
along a line of trees
lies a little boy,
buried long ago.
Each spring I
hope to find his bones
so I can sing to him,
so I can let him soak in songs
happy hearts of robins sing.

If I find the bones
torn from his wounded flesh
I'll lift his slender frame
into my arms, cradle him
toward the river to be washed,
made whole again.

Here too, he'll know the cycle
of the birds, the flocks
that cloud the sun in flight,
hear their songs, feel the feathered
pulse and beat of wings.

 

 

David Fraser has a BA in English from University of Toronto, and a M.Ed. in adult education from OISE. In Ontario he taught English, Creative Writing Writer’s Craft among other subjects at the secondary school level for 30 years. Currently he is a full time writer who also teaches skiing at Mt Washington in the winter.

 

David Fraser lives in Nanoose Bay, on Vancouver Island. He is the founder and editor of Ascent Aspirations Magazine, http:// www.ascentaspirations.ca, since 1997. His poetry and short fiction have appeared in over 50 journals including Three Candles, Regina Weese, Ardent, Quills and Ygdrasil. He has published a collection of his poetry, Going to the Well (2004), a collection of short fiction, The Dark Side of the Billboard (2006 ) and edited and published the four print issues of Ascent Aspirations Magazine.

A second collection of poetry, Running Down the Wind appeared in 2007
David is currently the Federation of BC Writers Regional Director for The Islands Region. His latest passion is developing Nanaimo’s newest spoken word series, WordStorm.

 

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