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The Madrigal!

THE MADRIGAL is now in print! You can find your copy of the novel directly from the publisher: https://www.inanna.ca/index.php/catalog/madrigal/ or at Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Madrigal-Dian-Day/dp/1771334932/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1528712689&sr=8-1&keywords=the+madrigal+dian+day or at …

Dressing

I put on my mother’s undershirt, my mother’s socks, her splash pants, the gloves I found at the very back of her closet underneath the …

Ice Arrows

I look for an explanation across the expanse of water. Arrows of ice point me in all directions. They are too thin to hold my …

Ice Tide

            The ice travels in and out on the tide like so much flotsom: the great white shards, the frozen …

Birds

Yesterday it was a flock of robins―a good dozen or so―dancing in my neighbour’s pasture, where his cousin keeps his beef in summer, beside the …

Hands

These hands: warm and almost unbearably soft, still reaching to try to grasp and hold delicate memories as they slip under flannel blankets, hide in …

Reading

I did not know I would put my reading glasses on before the sun came up, or that I would take them off, finally, long …

Limestone City

Today I stood on the library steps under a cloudless blue sky. I looked down towards the lake, just visible, like a bright beacon of …

Twin Worlds

It is a strange thing to have two lives. In one life I live in a garret, and creep around other people’s routines, wincing when …