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Tracey Gainforth—Poet,
Peterborough, ON
Tracey
Gainforth was born in Cobourg, Ontario and has been writing poetry and
prose for as long as she can remember. Her most recent publication
"Poems From A Year In A Life" a collection from Palabras Press will be
released in late October. Tracey has also had poems published in "The
Link" magazine and "Dance With Words" Vol. II (anthology from
Palabras Press, July 2006). She recently took a break from a career
in the non-profit sector to write and is currently working on her
second novel about a French language strike set in Northern Ontario.
Her first novel "The Water Between Us" is currently under review.
Tracey lives with her family in Peterborough, Ontario
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Borders
In a room
of blackened faces
my heart screams
through my chest
as I step across
my border
My pen falls
from my hand
releasing it's ink
I escape through
it's river,
that takes me
safely to
a place I know
My bleeding heels
and empty lungs
are given a second
chance
I return to my own skin,
shedding the spots
that covered me
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Odeimin
I am hulling
strawberries
with a large knife,
too large for this work
Redness on my fingertips
staining my white counters
I look at my hands,
I have Louis Riel
in my bones
I look in the small mirror
above the clock
and see my face,
yes I do
My quiet
thin lipped Grandfather’s
secret loyalty,
the same pride or fear
that took Mr. Scott
I look down again,
odeimin,
Algonquin for
strawberries
Truth,
sometimes easier to forever
be bound by silence
I look back to the mirror
and smile
There is so much history
etched around my
eyes
I have Louis Riel
in my bones
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