A dawn, a sunset, when colour flaunts across the sky and absolutely anything is possible.
I CLOSED MY EYES TO SEE
ochre visions under a blanched moon 
feather-edged painted star-frilled
vermilion bangled
embroidered with cobalt
trying for distant maroon
but consigned to be
faintly assuaged by ivory
and papered with coal
here be dragons gilded
silken burnished with beryl
roseate with flame
trumpeted by heralds cherubic
flaunting archangels
through emerald flares
into cyanic waters
where the first whale sounds
amidst rolling opals
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About Joanna M. Weston
Born in England, she is now living in Shawnigan Lake, BC. She is married to Robert, an accountant, and they have three sons,
Andrew
Jon
Mark
... and two cats, Alice and Chaucer.
Joanna has an MA from the University of British Columbia. She has published in numerous anthologies and in magazines in Canada, the US, UK, and New Zealand, such as Canadian Women's Studies, Convolvus, Endless Mountains Review, Grain, Green's Magazine, Prairie Fire, Spin, Wascana Review, CBC Gallery, and many more...
Clarity House Press has published several of her chapbooks including:
Berry and the Birthday Band (2010)
One of These Little Ones (1987) – out of print
Cuernavaca Diary (1990) – out of print
Seasons (1993) – out of print
Watch-night (2005) – out of print
