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and I turned and saw a caribou chasing us
up Lady Slipper Road, gangly limbs blowing
in the July stillness like patio chimes,
and for a few minutes at least I knew
the secret of Skipper’s Pond even if
I can’t hold it fast, won’t remember it long
up Lady Slipper Road, gangly limbs blowing
in the July stillness like patio chimes,
and for a few minutes at least I knew
the secret of Skipper’s Pond even if
I can’t hold it fast, won’t remember it long
Carl Leggo Professor Department of Language and Literacy Education Faculty of Education University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada