National Poetry Month 2017 : Joe Blades,

on the road to montréal

deer feed on highway grass

bald eagles sit in their nest

sun sets on moose

mountain and wind turbines

golden with molten fire

and suspended volcanic ash

i sit inside inter-city bus

enroute to humanities congress

to support armatureless

newbie body pedagogical

and i am polishing

my teaching stool

as if it can glow like marble

or a bronze sculpture

kept inside away

from earth weather

or seriously grave pull

of coming full moon

 

Joe Blades is a PhD Interdisciplinary Studies student at UNB Fredericton where he also earned his MEd in 2012. A participant–researcher in Canadian Studies in the Balkans since 2004, Blades has authored seven poetry books, with three of them also published in Serbian translation, and over 30 poetry chapbooks including november poems (BS Poetry Society, & Dusie, 2015). He is also a Past President of the League of Canadian Poets.