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From the Camera
Joanna M. Weston – Canada

each time the shutter opens
another face slips in
stored until I’m ready
to open the package and
release hostages
with forgotten names

children who live
in Spanish castles
or long-flight planes

I open the camera
and watch it bleed
onto blank pages

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joanna M. Weston lives in British Columbia, Canada, and is married with three sons and two cats. She is a full-time writer of poetry, short stories, and poetry reviews. She has been published internationally in journals, print and online, and anthologies. Joanna has written a middle reader, Those Blue Shoes, and a poetry collection, A Summer Father, the latter published by Frontenac House of Calgary.
 
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