Artwork: Jenn Ashton 'All Different But All Connected'

Artwork: Jenn Ashton 'All Different But All Connected'

SEA TO SKY REVIEW : CELEBRATION

VOLUME 1. ISSUE 1. APRIL 2018

We're so excited to share with you our very first issue of the Sea to Sky Review. Join us as we celebrate the poetry of Antonia Clark, Calvin Wharton, Mary MacDonald, Allan Lake, DF Parizeau and Squamish's own Anne Thomson. In this issue you'll also find the winners of the 2018 Whistler Outdoor Endurance & Survival Writing Contest. And we celebrate new life given to an old Squamish project - Story of Mine. Throughout all this literary indulgence you'll be treated to the colourful and happy artwork of Jenn Ashton. Enjoy!

POETRY

Featured
Keeping the Faith

by Antonia Clark

or the certainty
of a cardinal against
the tenuous promise
of incipient green

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Two Poems

by Calvin Wharton

a hymn of devotion to the green
and in the air, a red kite or team of swallows

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After the Rain

by Mary MacDonald

Even the wind the floating
distant scolding wah of jays

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Anyway

by Anne Thomson

All these things, these new things,
Celebrate!

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Be Prepared

by DF Parizeau

As youth, my friends and I
always picked the coldest weekend
of the year to go camping.

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In that mine

by Allan Lake

In exasperation my prairie mother
finally said something . . .
a door I'd never noticed,
opened, providing a way out.

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WHISTLER OUTDOOR ENDURANCE
& SURVIVAL WRITING CONTEST

Here are the two winning entries in the 2018 Whistler Outdoor Endurance & Survival Writing Contest. Winner of the Open Category is Alexandra Rochester who inspires us with her tribute to the dogged endurance of children and the love of a sport. Winner of the Youth Category is Irie Smith whose poem invites the reader to join her as she climbs a mountain.

CONTEST WINNERS
To take another step

by Irie Smith

The Earth tilts toward the heavens
And bribes me with promises of dreamlike views
My feet follow the beat of my hearts drum
Fast and breathless
Reminding me how much I like the taste of air

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How much do you love to ski?

by Alexandra Rochester

Our blood is shrinking out of our fingers and toes to conserve our hearts, leaving us numb and wincing, and later screaming with pain when it returns as a burn. Icicles line their faces, and I watch their heaving chests try to subdue their sniffles.

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STORY OF MINE

An Adventure in Community

What brought you to Squamish? What keeps you here?  The Squamish Writers Group wants to tell your story. We intend to be an avenue for the expression of our stories. In 250 to 350 words tell us what brought you here or what keeps you here.  (2009)

These were the words that led to a series of printed booklets titled Story of Mine published between 2009 and 2011. Spearheaded by Riun Blackwell and supported by the Squamish Writers Group, Story of Mine was an Adventure in Community. Sea to Sky Review will be republishing some of the articles first published in the Story of Mine papers. 

The little video was produced by Riun Blackwell (interviews), Jude Goodwin (movie editing), and features music written by 13 year old Yvonne Hanson.

April 2018: Celebration Issue
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A Speeder story

by Riun Blackwell

Riun Blackwell tells of riding the rails between North Vancouver and Lillooet in a Speeder Car.

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Whiskey and Soda

by Doreen Ramus

A small piece by Squamish's own Doreen Ramus, published in celebration of her long and wonderful life.