The Moth. A poem by Anne Sorbie

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Annie Sorbie

The Moth

I.
The son you never birthed
has torn himself from the cocoon

Gone west to greener pastures
near a town famous for the hippie-flip


II.
Why does the moth fly toward the flame
anticipating the intensity of impending burns

Is the answer: because the heat hasn’t killed him yet

Or, is it the pleasure / pain rush
when wings go skyward again and again and again

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Anne Sorbie is a writer and a liberal humanist She has published four books, the latest of which is the anthology, (M)othering (Inanna 2022), which she co-edited with Heidi Grogan. Her work has appeared online at CBC Books, and in a range of Canadian magazines and journals. One of her latest and deepest commitments is volunteering as an advocate for folks in continuing care. As an act of social protest, she is currently at work writing about love and hope.

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Darcie Friesen Hossack is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers. Her short story collection, Mennonites Don’t Dance, was a runner-up for the Danuta Gleed Award, shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Evergreen Award for Adult Fiction. Citing irreverence, the book was banned by the LaCrete Public Library in Northern Alberta. Having mentored with Giller finalists Sandra Birdsell (The Russlander) and Gail Anderson Dargatz (Spawning Grounds, The Cure for Death by Lightening), Darcie's first novel, Stillwater, will be released in the spring of 2023. Darcie is also a four time judge of the Whistler Independent Book Awards, and a career food writer. She lives in Northern Alberta, Canada, with her husband, international award-winning chef, Dean Hossack.

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