Nostalgia ain鈥檛
all we remember 鈥
memorizing
Queens 鈥檔鈥 Kings,
all brave were those Thanes,
wealthy the Barons 鈥
(Remembrance tribute for Upper Canada鈥檚 enslaved 鈥 Chloe Cooley, Peggy Pompadour, et al.)
Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.
Bio:
Glenn Arthur Sweazey鈥檚 writing blends prose and poetry to create narrative harmonies. One past work includes a verse novel manuscript, The Lost Papers of Tom Thomson. He lives in Ottawa where he can be seen riding his bike. He leads a local group of writers, 鈥淚n the Company of Writers,鈥 when they meet twice a month, and he teaches Newcomers鈥 Conversational English once a week at Ottawa鈥檚 Main Library.