CLIFF JUMPING, SOYERS LAKE

by Patricia Miller, Writer. Poet. Coordinator.

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I’m perched

On a steep ledge

Of dense brown rock

Like a blue jay

Willing my wings to

Flutter, flap, soar

Having conquered this land before

Instead I freeze

Drop down low

Flippant courage waning

I press my knees

Upon a pad of damp moss

Spying the waves

     Wink

          Wink

               Wink

A wonder of silver winks

Waiting for a western wind to

      Blow

          Blow

               Blow

Across the bay

And stir me from here –

     Sunday’s spot.

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Patricia Miller earned a BA in Social Sciences from UWO, and a Recreation diploma from Centennial College, before studying Creative Writing at Durham College. Patricia is a Coordinator who enjoys snowboarding. Her work has appeared in The Toronto Star, The Toronto Quarterly, The Era Banner, and Anthology From the Cottage Porch by Sunshine in a Jar Press. In 2012, she penned her first novel The Mausoleum Road Affair. Her story Catching Snowflakes will be included in Chicken Soup for the Soul: O Canada The Wonders of Winter available in bookstores November 5, 2013. Patricia is Founder and Chair of the BWG Writers’ Circle, and a member of WCDR and WCYR.

Visit her website www.patriciamillerwriting.weebly.com

Categories: Poetry

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