An Early Drive

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Once in a while I have to be up and out early, to go to the medical clinic and, sleepy as I am, I wonder about the people in the houses I pass. Who are they? What are they doing? What are their lives?

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AN EARLY DRIVE                                                   019 birds

one light goes on
in a dark house

gulls swoop to a roof-ridge
crows circle in the gloom
a dog noses the ditch

another light
and I imagine

a sleepy arm stretch
to turn off the alarm

people getting up                                                    039 Feb.13.lunch boxes
taking a grip on the day
waking children
packing lunches
making coffee

home from night-shift
going to bed
as I pass     fasting
for a blood test

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summerfathercoverA Summer Father … terse, imagistic lines; … It’s not nostalgia that we experience but quiet, poignant grief. Richard Stevenson

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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
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One Response to An Early Drive

  1. Jon W says:
    April 10, 2013 at 8:48 am

    I wonder the same things on my way to an early-morning hockey practise at 5-something o’clock. “Who are these people? They don’t have hockey! Why are they up? Seriously, what are they up?”

    Reply

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