for Hugh Hazelton

fredericton

in a blizzard walk to carriage house

university avenue fredericton

to get hugh--in city for poetry

reading then onto halifax for second

canada council for arts funded reading

 

we trek tire ruts to compartment

corner of york and george--seems

an eternity to hugh like living

jack london story set in north

 

after poetry reading in fredericton

hugh does not get to halifax

--tantramar closed to travel

 

montréal

 

after overnight bus from fredericton

i show up on av laval with 70-pound pack

of books en route to ottawa small press

book fair ... again