A rock peaks, peeks out of the water.
After a while it gains a name
it can use to run
headlong into waves arising
from leftover tides …
Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.
Bio:
Bill Howell lives in Toronto. He was a network producer-director at CBC Radio Drama for three decades. His work has appeared in five published collections and appears regularly in journals and anthologies in Canada, the UK, Sweden, Australia, the USA, and Japan.