All it takes is the morning of a day off
the same three in different fashions
suited for the early rising heat.
Once, again, the front deck offers the best seat,
to listen as their voices happen
before the harmony of their footwear …
Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.
Bio:
Chad Norman lives beside the high tides of the Bay of Fundy in Truro, Nova Scotia. His poems have appeared in publications around the world and have been translated into 12 languages. His collections are Squall: Poems in the Voice of Mary Shelley (Guernica Editions), A Matter of Inclusion (Mwanaka Media and Publishing, Zimbabwe), and Parental Forest (appearing in spring 2024 from AOS Publishing).