Nothing Between Us

Photo by Andrew Gay

Barbara Pelman teaches English at a Victoria high school and promises her students that they can't graduate until they love poetry. Her first book of poetry, One Stone was published in May 2005 by Ekstasis Editions. She also has four chapbooks published by Quay Words Press, and her poems are included in many of the Leaf Press chapbooks of the Glenairley poets. She is a regular at the Open Mike at Black Stilt Cafe (formerly Mocambo) and has been a featured reader. When not marking endless assignments, she attends dance classes, contemplates learning to tango and maybe even to cook.

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League of Canadian Poets


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Photo by Andrew Gay Barbara Pelman teaches English at a Victoria high school and promises her students that they can't graduate until they love poetry. Her first book of poetry, One Stone was published in May 2005 by Ekstasis Editions. She also has four chapbooks published by Quay Words Press, and her poems are included in many of the Leaf Press chapbooks of the Glenairley poets. She is a regular at the Open Mike at Black Stilt Cafe (formerly Mocambo) and has been a featured reader. When not marking endless assignments, she attends dance classes, contemplates learning to tango and maybe even to cook. Links: Random Acts of Poetry League of Canadian Poets		© 2007 Barbara Pelman Nothing Between Us I have woven a parachute out of everything broken W. Stafford There was nothing between us, really: some walks through the ravine, one evening full of stars: Orion, Draco, Deneb, Casseopia, a day in the bird sanctuary. We were friends, typed messages within each other's emails. We shared nothing but words and hours, and I have woven a parachute out of that nothing, something to hold us if we stepped together off the cliff, some flimsy thoughts to tie onto our backs: but he wants nothing. And the fall is long though the scenery on the way down is familiar. I know the sting of the rocks to come, the blood and bruises, and how to make a home out of everything broken.
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