Yes, I’ve been wondering how to get past these last couple of posts. They were necessary for me to move back into this space but they have also made it hard to move on. I found an answer from another poet, whom I read regularly on her website : www.ahundredfallingveils.com

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer wrote on May26 a poem called Renaming the Chapter

In it she lists a number of things we can use to rename this past year.

the year of : “ Loss-Bringer, Choice-Maker, Teacher.”

Her Last three, bring me back to here and now. She is much kinder than I would have been and that is why poets should read other poets, why artists should watch other artists, and readers should read as many writers as they can.

Otherwise it becomes very hard to grow!

And as my yellow star tulips are now finished, and spring has truly begun in this harsh Western Canadian landscape.

I am preparing to go to the Uk to help care for my daughter and her soon to be wee one. Anyday now I will be booking flights and taking tests and complaining more about government regulations but those are all just hoops to pass trough to the real joy of my life. And maybe I’ll get to make some art as well. Bonus!