AC Botanist turned budding poet, Carolyn Mallory has recently had her poem published!
Carolyn Mallory's first ever-published poem appears in the Winter 2010 edition of the Northern Review - Yukon College's multidisciplinary journal of the arts and
social sciences. It is the only peer-reviewed journal in Canada devoted
exclusively to northern issues and published north of 60!
Data-less by Carolyn Mallory:
Fourth day of
fog.
We wake,
peer outside
the cabin
and resign
ourselves
to thick, gray,
opaque
fog.
Back to bed
into the downy
nest cavity.
Another hour --
it's my turn to check,
fog slides in
the door as I try to look out.
We rise.
Knit, read, write,
snooze, wait.
And wait.
The day wears
on.
Cliff's edge
remains swallowed up--
cotton batting.
No data today.
The fog lifts
beyond the
outhouse.
The valley
opens up
to the pale
gray sea.
Boots,
jacket,
gear,
gun...
The outhouse is gone.
You can join Carolyn on our Out of the Northwest Passage Expedition 2010 where she can answer all your plant-related questions and how to become a budding poet! For more information,
please click here.