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Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba<\/em><\/p>\n All of my \u201cfree time\u201d in the past few weeks and weekends has gone into the book of poetry I am currently editing\/publishing, featuring some 200 works by Sam W. Reimer, a remarkable \u201cecstatic depressive\u201d (his self-description) bard living in Vancouver. Our aim is to have the book on shelves by May\u2026 Here\u2019s a taste test:<\/p>\n Impression: Along Molson Way<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n On the other side of this chain-link fence Give the earth just a crack at the city . . . . .<\/p>\n \u00a92008 Sam W. Reimer (1949 – \u00a0 \u00a0)<\/p>\n The photo is of Sam on a visit in June, 2006.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba All of my \u201cfree time\u201d in the past few weeks and weekends has gone into the book of poetry I am currently editing\/publishing, featuring some 200 works by Sam W. Reimer, a remarkable \u201cecstatic depressive\u201d (his self-description) bard living in Vancouver. Our aim is to have the book on shelves by May\u2026 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,10,11,13,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17025,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions\/17025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/em>along the tracks,<\/span>
\nblackberries,<\/span>
\ndaisies,<\/span>
\n& morning-glories run in packs;<\/span>
\nplethoras of thorns & unkempt petals,<\/span>
\npretty poisons<\/span>
\n& tongues of dust-green leaves ply the ravine;<\/span>
\nwilding as well Long tall grasses
\n<\/em>ivies<\/span>
\n& ferns deceptively indelicate &<\/span>
\ndense-pack blocks of blackberry brambles<\/span>
\nbully everything else off the would-be boulevard.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>& gardens grow in gangs,<\/span>
\ndaisies<\/span>
\n& morning-glories run in packs.<\/span><\/p>\n