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Volume 8 Issue 6 ISSN# 1708-3265

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Illuminations Aleesha Stephenson About the Cover Jérôme Prieur Tapestry of Oneness Dj Brown-Jewett Inter Actions Parzival Sattva Just What We're Bred To Do! David Reber All Phenomena Are Interdependent, Endlessly Interwoven Cheryl Jewett-Brown Ph.D. this change of name Alegria Albano-Imperial Cherry Picking David Suzuki, PhD Lifetalks Dawn Baumann Brunke Walk Your Talk Aleesha Stephenson Po and the Stones Phil Kotofskie Wiccan Voices Crystal Blanton, HPs Let's Talk Tarot Marcia McCord Meditate a Moment Parzival Sattva Cards & Curios Tarot Deck Reviews: with Dan Pelletier

this change of name by Alegria Albano-Imperial it is a matter of spelling only this change of name or am i fooling the skies i look up to the clouds none i can name the mountains that shimmer stealing in in stead the names of mountain ranges facing East among its jungles my spirit roosts alien snow now smothers my laughter i drift aground is earth unlike the sun untouched by sorrow? i hear from mourning doves the language of dawns i mismatch evening clouds in my dreams the chill stays yet the sparrow shares its songs that seep into my sleep lull my world i regain my name on Hollyburn where a lotus by itself on the lake —such poignancy— mirroring my loneliness soaks the sun as if enough i trail the buds lined along the Fraser's North Arm winding down and up the river bed the tide cuts a line between my dreams and the sky ripples catch my breathing in rhythmic sighs i'm scaling the breast of Burnaby Mountains my soul resists its longings i'm close to home close to sinking in the foam skirting Horseshoe Bay an eagle skims my rhyming my longings weave in and out of the air on a skein of cherry blossoms once only paintings on scrolls i learn to haiku —thinking of moths in my childhood those slivers of light that die on the light and fade in the morning on my waking i am who has always been the city aground on my steps whose name i can now say even in sleep— Vancouver   Alegria Albano-Imperial took her oath of Canadian citizenship on 22 July 2011. She wrote this poem as a submission call for a collection of poems to celebrate Vancouver's 125th anniversary but she missed the deadline. On what she calls a 'life-changing event', Alegria has felt exhilarated but at the same time rueful with nostalgia. She says, "Becoming a Canadian has never made me more Filipino than I ever thought. As the administering judge summarized how I feel, I'm deeply grateful for having deeply steeped myself in my culture and history, which I weave proudly into the rich tapestry of peoples that makes up Canada." A seeker of truth and peace after tangled pathways, I have also found a voice in my search. A retired journalist, I have since focused on poetry and fiction. I launched my first book in Manila before migrating to Vancouver last year and recently received two honourable mentions for poetry.

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