Edmonton Poems
Taut-line and Tow Rope
Rough-hewn Sonnet
Love Song on the North Saskatchewan
1912
Elephants All Over Oliver
Recruits in Physical Training outside the Prince of Wales Armoury, 1940
Dweller by the Dark Stream
John William Walter, 1887 - 1967
Stanley Walter, 1889 - 1962
Jack Chorley
Train Whistle
Fleet Feel: Early Shift at Canada Post Transportation, Edmonton
James Grove, 1864 - 1955
Waiting for Wop May
For the man digging through ice in search of his drowned son
Five O'Clock Hockey
Figure Skater
The Coal Miner Confides to His Wife
Young Trader John Rowand Meets His Bride-to-be
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Figure Skater
The blades of the figure skater
glide like gulls over sea swells:
low with a slow, rare wingbeat.
They turn in a wind of watching eyes,
then leap, cupping an updraft,
and leave behind the crowd's quick heartbeat.
© D.D. Elves
