The Southern Hemisphere basks in heat and drought while we
deal with frozen pipes, hoarfrost, chilling wind, rain, and
winter beauty …
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PRAIRIE COLD
hours after sun dies in ice
stars glitter from white ground 
maples crisp with frost
hockey plays the street
those days freeze
behind my eyelids
as snow falls
in this northern winter
first published in Hudson View
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‘A Bedroom of Searchlights’: poetry. This collection draws a picture of the poet’s divorced mother, an artist with two children, who struggled with poverty, war, and the realities of daily life, yet still found beauty and comfort in her garden, and her art. From Inanna Publications, May 2016.
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About Joanna M. Weston
Born in England, she lives in British Columbia. She is married with three sons,
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...