Tag: St. Catharines

  • burgoyne bridge by atlantic

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    Andrew Porteus
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    we were not meant‡‡‡‡‡‡‡to take Flight‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡in such a manner a brief act‡‡‡‡‡‡of desperation‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡will cause lasting wounds‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡that can never heal please ‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡stay grounded Source: the author, 2019 Burgoyne Bridge was infamous as a place to commit suicide, as it crossed high over the Twelve Mile Creek. Suicide barriers were installed when the Burgoyne Bridge was replaced…

  • A Niagara Landscape by Archibald Lampman

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    Andrew Porteus
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    lampman Heavy with haze that merges and melts free ‡‡Into the measureless depth on either hand, ‡‡The full day rests upon the luminous land In one long noon of golden reverie. Now hath the harvest come and gone with glee. ‡‡The shaven fields stretch smooth and clean away, ‡‡Purple and green, and yellow, and soft…