Nostalgia ain’t
       all we remember …

memorizing
Queens ’n’ Kings,
all brave were those Thanes,
wealthy the Barons …

(Remembrance tribute for Upper Canada’s enslaved … Chloe Cooley, Peggy Pompadour, et al.)

Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.

Bio:

Glenn Arthur Sweazey’s 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, “In the Company of Writers,” when they meet twice a month, and he teaches Newcomers’ Conversational English once a week at Ottawa’s Main Library.