Hamilton, Jane Eaton

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Canadian Woman Studies / les cahiers de la femme (E-Journal, York University)

24 CANADIAN WOMAN STUDIES/LES CAHIERS DE LA FEMMEJANE EATON HAMILTONE. Coli, WalkertonWater scours the pots. Water relieves heat wavesWe drank from a sweating pitcherThe body is 90% waterOn that hot afternoon her ankles swelled, and then—When he said, “I love you, Mom”he was telling her that he once floated happily in her waterWater falls from the skiesThrough hellWater rises cataclysmicallyDon’t throw out the babyWater freezes at 0 degrees CWater plunges over rocks and down hillsidesYou’re in hot water nowWater is the biggest international resourceWater is a solventOil is immiscible in waterWater is tasteless and odourlessIn Tanzania, children run to Jeeps begging for waterPeople are dying of thirstin Haiti, the water is malarialWomen carry water jugs on their headsYou take to mah jongg like a duck to waterMany creatures swim in waterWater is a simple pleasure in a showerYou are wet behind the earsNoodles boil in waterA child can live three days without waterSalt water is 71% of the globeWater boils at 68 degrees CStill water runs deepWater is a chemical compound with the formula H20Water can be solid or vaporousHydrology is its studyHe would have told herblood is thicker than waterif she hadn’t been so sickHe would have said I’m sorryBut water was what he criedwhen they wheeled her awayJane Eaton Hamilton is the author, most recently, of “Love Will Burst into a Thousand Shapes.” She has twice won first prize in the CBC Literary Awards (2003/2014). ILONA MARTONFIClamdiggerKnowing the times of low tidego to the flats when the tide is downall you need is a rakeonce the tides are lowgo to the Hyannis Mall bookstoreacross from the Holiday Innthe air-conditioningin the parking lot, seagullsetched into sandbuy a bookon abusive relationships,Getting Freeyour youngest, only sixa young boythree teenage daughters.All you need is a rakeonce the tides are lowbuild a sandcastlecollect mollusk shellstake coloured photographsbeach, sand dunes, seaweed algaehide the book in your bagunder blue cotton jeansread it in the hotel roomwhen he is at the indoor poolin the evening go out for dinnerat Villa Vecchione on Main Streetbeside the Pauper’s Cemeterypink wild rosesgrey-shingled cottages.Ilona Martonfi is the author of three poetry books, Blue Poppy (2009), Black Grass (2012) and The Snow Kimono (2015). She is the founder/producer of The Yellow Door and Visual Arts Centre Readings, and the co-founder of Lovers and Others. She is also the recipient of the qwf 2010 Community Award.

E. Coli, Walkerton

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E. Coli, Walkerton

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