Representative Poetry Online

Poems

1At the poetry reading

3her phone-number on a piece of paper,

4said, give me a call some time.

5But I never did,

6instead, walked one day

8then, much too unsure to knock,

9went back by the way I'd come.

10They're saying near the end

11she went searching neighbourhood alleys

12for stray cats, and of course

13drank far too much,

14but I don't want to know about it.

15Enough that I walked by her house,

16afraid our lives over so many years

17had drifted too far apart

18for even casual conversation,

19afraid where she was bold,

20cautious where she took chances,

21not wanting even now to believe

22she could easily have died all alone.

2] Croft Chapter House, University College, University of Toronto, a popular venue for literary events. Back to Line

7] A house between Harbord Street and Bloor Street, just west of Spadina, near the University of Toronto. Back to Line