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Leanne McIntosh is the author of two books of poetry, The Sound the Sun Makes and Liminal Space published by Oolichan Books. Leaf Press published her first chapbook, The Attitude Of the Tree. Leanne is currently working on a third book of poems titled The Habit of Being. She lives in Nanaimo and spends part of the year in Montreal. Leaf Press will pass your comments on to Leanne. [Click] here.		© 2008 Leanne McIntosh To a Friend with Dementia Listen! Listen to the sound between the sounds the small slurred spaces between one word and the next the hesitancy between strangers queued at a bus stop the sigh a page makes when it's turned, ah delicato listen for the sound of Basho's frog before the splash and you'll hear summer lifting from the roses the semitone between raindrops you'll hear just for a moment the arpeggio of falling oak leaves the con brio in an up street wind slamming the door of your house the rondo of falling stars applauding light.
Notes: arpeggio: notes of a chord played or sung in succession con brio: with spirit, with vigour rondo: A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works. about us ::: guidelines ::: contact ::: order ::: chapbooks ::: Monday's Poem ::: Monday's Archive