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Poetry by Josephine LoRe,
WordCity Monthly
Nov2020 Issue3
Excerpt from Straightening Nails:
...
he’s a grown man now
wondering at 40 if he has done
enough, if he has left legacy
enough, wondering what his boy
will keep of him
when he is gone
taken by disease
his spine, a bent nail
impossible for him to stand
the spasms in his hands so severe
impossible to hold on
...
WordCity Monthly,
October 2020, issue #2, poetry by Josephine LoRé
excerpt from
In Praise of Colour
...
red, blood flowing through veins
menses from the womb
creamy, the vernix of a baby’s birth
colourless, the liquid salt from our eyes
be they brown or blue
green or grey, hazel
amber, topaz, ruby
sapphire, lapis, jade
amethyst ...
from Time of the Poet Republic,
The Canadian Edition:
New Canadians
New Canadians, they called us
the families on our street
Italians and the Greeks
Portuguese, Ukranians—
New Canadians
To distinguish us perhaps from the old Canadians
like Mrs. Brown two doors down
who had a moustache and a stubby black dog
who waddled when he walked
and a carpet-beater of metal and wood
New Canadians who brought old words
from the old country like sculapasta
for draining spaghetti and sculapiatta
for draining plates, paletta and scupa
to sweep the floor
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