Category Archives: Poetry

‘100 Houses Project’ Mo Hamilton’s art exhibition

Posted on September 11, 2021 by Joan Conway

The ‘house’ as a symbol captures a full range of our human experience. We can feel connected to our place in the world or dislocated from all that is around us. Mo Hamilton expresses this concept brilliantly in her art … Continue reading →

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Spring Blossoms

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Joan Conway

Spring explodes. Tulips emerge, bedazzle me with their array of reds and yellows. Cherry trees garment themselves in flowers. New leaves burst in a full spectrum of greens. I am both intoxicated by their beauty and reeling in disorientation. It … Continue reading →

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Conversing with the Muse: an exploration within community

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Joan Conway

I occasionally fall under the illusion that my creative process occurs alone, or when my life is simple. In actuality, my imagination is sparked when I am in both connection and community. I am not an isolated being, but merely … Continue reading →

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Below the Surface

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Joan Conway

Visiting Newfoundland was like seeing the tip of an Iceberg. Yes I tried to absorb as much as I could in the short time I was there, booking a day trip to nearby fishing villages, taking a boat tour out … Continue reading →

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Light Bodies

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Joan Conway

My heart feels wide open, bruised, yet tender after the Celebration of Life ceremony for a dear friend. I contemplate how some of us proceed towards death with a tremendous fight, many with a persistent denial and if we are … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Winter

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Joan Conway

This afternoon I walked into Kleanza Creek, was awestruck by the blue green water swirling in sluggish pools. Water- a deep luminescent reflection of ice and snow clinging to the creek bed, laden branches weighted with crystal shards. The water’s musicality … Continue reading →

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Another Dysfunctional Cancer Poem Anthology

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Joan Conway

When I saw the callout on the League of Canadian Poets website for submissions to an anthology on the experience of cancer I did not hesitate. My heart tugged back in time to losing one of my closest friends to … Continue reading →

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shadows & light: a poetry/art celebration

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Joan Conway

‘They are found in sun-kissed storm clouds, along frost-etched mountain sides, and in the silvery line separating ocean from cliff. Shadow and light – they are found in the murky depths of the delta, the dappled cool of a forest … Continue reading →

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Metal Element: A Time of Reaping and Reflection

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Joan Conway

This afternoon I spent a few hours in the garden heeling in some potted rose bushes, mulching others with a layer of sodden leaves. The odd branch from our surrounding birch trees wave with a few lingering leaves, yellow against … Continue reading →

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Heartwood: Poems For The Love Of Trees

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Joan Conway

As dawn rises I look out of my window; am constantly appreciative of the trees that surround me. Their dark silhouettes like many arms reach out to embrace, ask little, and yet their presence nets me in a continuum. I … Continue reading →

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