Posts from the ‘creative’ category

RUINS IN THE MOUNTAINS

This piece won the 1st prize in the Non-UBC category of the 1st Terry Writing Challenge. It started when Rob and I were joking about the…

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EXTINCTION WALK

This piece was the 1st prize winner in the Creative Category of the 1st Terry Writing Challenge. I met a coelacanth at a bar once. I…

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MONSANTO

This piece was the 2nd prize winner in the Creative Category of the 1st Terry Writing Challenge. Mon: Mon means “my” in French, used when the…

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THE CHILDREN ARE GONE

This piece was the 3rd prize winner in the Creative Category of the 1st Terry Writing Challenge. I knew her well. Her name was Busie –…

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NATURAL DISASTER

Fear the catastrophe pandemic threats heaving tectonic plates, raging winds, thunderous rains oceans that rise and spew shifts in polarity asteroids searing the sky, aliens probing,…

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I went fishing with my family when I was five

Ed’s note: for some reason, I was reminded about Tao’s poem today, and just had to reprint it. It’s delightful, especially with food being a hot…

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THE GAME

The gulls were bored. They’d had a busy day, but now they had nothing to do. They milled around aimlessly. The heron had been fishing in…

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A ‘GLASS IS HALF FULL’ TAKE ON THE SUBJECT OF GLOBAL WARMING.

Small annoying islands will be submerged: You know those small islands that are hard to find on the map. You know…the ones you can walk across…

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EVAPORATION

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I WILL TAKE FROM IT WHAT I WILL

Being an individual raised in a challenging environment, I recently took it upon myself to read a self-help book of sorts. Neither the title nor the…

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