Photograph (Darkroom 1990)
I am a farmer
harvesting yesterday’s crops
or rather a pitchman
bringing coals to Newcastle
I try to count the years
as time in the photos pass-
A lovely woman whose
children by now
see themselves
in their own children’s eyes
Smell of remembrance
stains the hands
moves to the heart
These people were not old
they were not whores, or horses Book Preview
or heroes
They are my ship in the bottle now
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k.g. Sambrano’s work has been published in numerous journals and magazines. Sambrano’s latest book is Abbotsford Station (Invago Publishing) diary excerpts from a cross-Canada voyage. Sambrano was also the Artistic Director for Freedom of Voice(95,96,97) and A Night of Dream, both fundraisers celebrating the written and spoken word.
