Lucile Barker is a Toronto poet, writer and activist. She has had over 200 poems published in North American magazines. She also writes reviews and articles in community papers. Since 1994, she has been the co-ordinator of the Joy of Writing, a weekly workshop at the Ralph Thornton Centre. She recently had two poems in Snakeskin Poetry Review and a short story, "Foxsquatch" appeared in Moonday Magazine.
Sometimes Jennifer Torrance thinks that her husband Martin’s telescope is an exploration, a method to find a place where he can escape from his impending retirement, their mortgage that needed renewing at the new rates, and his worries about their son, Steve. Martin was never that interested in space, but he had always been fascinated by the stars. “Orion’s up,”… Read more →