Aurora Borealis


the night
between midnight and dawn
a time of waking walking ghosts

the sky crisp, clear and black,
as the great scarlet phoenix rose

arcing electric and wild
like a sky mushroom

a silver-black and red kimono
graces the seasons meeting place

the night
between midnight and dawn
a time of waking walking ghosts


Web Design by Douglas Elves. Water reflection photograph by Linda Jennings.
Alison Owen Nicholls
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Alison joined the Stroll of Poets' Society in 1992. She has published two collections of poems, "I Can Say I Knew You", and "The Versified Tarot"; a second edition of the latter with illustrations is planned.

In 2001, two of her poems were published in a limited edition, coffee-table book, of twelve art-pieces and twelve poems, "Imaging Time".

A 3rd chapbook collection of poems is also in the works.


POEMS
Poet See Thy Fate
Prehistoric Swamp
For all the Christian Riders
Gargoyles on the House of Stairs
Mayne Island Gift Shop: A Spirit Guide
Global Warning: I
Aurora Borealis
Decision: 1990’s Alberta
The Room
A Poet’s Ally
Jerry Garcia: the Dove, the Hawk and Blue Dragonfly
1963: Grade Five Friend
Thoughts to a Mystery