Program Guide in pdf - Vancouver International Writers Festival
Program Guide in pdf - Vancouver International Writers Festival
Program Guide in pdf - Vancouver International Writers Festival
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P. K. Page<br />
November 23, 1916 – January 14, 2010<br />
It’s the writer’s duty to describe<br />
freely, exactly. Noth<strong>in</strong>g else will do.<br />
Just as the pa<strong>in</strong>ter must, from two make three<br />
or conjure light, build pigments layer on layer<br />
to form an artefact, so I must probe<br />
with measur<strong>in</strong>g m<strong>in</strong>d and eye to mix a blue<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>ly composed of air.<br />
Poem Canzonic with love to AMK<br />
By P.K. Page<br />
Repr<strong>in</strong>ted from Planet Earth (Poems Selected and<br />
New) with permission of Porcup<strong>in</strong>e’s Quill.<br />
Copyright (c) P. K. Page, 2002.<br />
Paul Quarr<strong>in</strong>gton<br />
July 22, 1953 – January 21, 2010<br />
The ocean is ris<strong>in</strong>g as the sun goes down<br />
What isn’t water will surely drown<br />
But I can’t hold the tide at bay<br />
The moon will rise, it’s gonna light my way<br />
No one can tell me where I’m gonna be<br />
When I sail <strong>in</strong>to the mystery<br />
I know I’m fall<strong>in</strong>g, don’t know where I’m gonna land<br />
Are you ready? Am I ready? I believe I am.<br />
Are You Ready?<br />
By Paul Quarr<strong>in</strong>gton, Dan Hill, Mart<strong>in</strong> Worthy<br />
Repr<strong>in</strong>ted with permission from Greystone Books.<br />
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