Returning to Rum
Returning to Rum With the shriek of seagull And reek of diesel We headed out through the sound PorpoiseContinue Reading
Category: Poetry
Cobbled Together
Rabbit Hill, Haworth, Yorkshire. © J. Ashley Nixon Online event April 8, 2021 Ashley Nixon will be talking about CobbledContinue Reading
Table hockey
Table Hockey, Flames Community Arenas, February 14, 2016. © J. Ashley Nixon Table Hockey No NHL to watch tellyContinue Reading
We will remember them
Poppies at the Sarcee Trail pathway war memorial, Signal Hill, Calgary, Alberta, Canada © J. Ashley Nixon They wentContinue Reading
Build the Road
Build the Road A frozen landscape, filled A congestion of cars An abandoned cart Its gathered goods consumed A spray-paintedContinue Reading
Calgary’s got Soul in the City
Soul Town Cow Town became Soul Town on Saturday night at the Calgary Festival Hall. The Inglewood venue, in partnershipContinue Reading
Hand in gloves: a hockey poem
Hand in gloves These gloves are tired, They’ve done their bit, For fifty goals, They’ve held my stick. These glovesContinue Reading
November Eleventh: another year to reflect #lestweforget
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them, nor the yearsContinue Reading
Class of ’16: A poem for graduates of Ernest Manning High School, Calgary
Class of ’16 Class of sixteen Twelve years you’ve been In the corridors and rooms Of school’s world. Now youContinue Reading
Shiny morning, shinny skates
As early sun Shoots through the zone A shelf comes into life Flashing blades of steel These skates can feelContinue Reading
