Published December 31, 2020 Featured Local Poet from a sickbed by James Thurgood (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) |
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from a sickbed
between giddy sleeps
I read poems
(which may not speed recovery)
I am alone
which is okay
I’m not that sick –
just enough to question everything
and lose all patience
with answers
except certain poems
- these by Alden Nowlan
in my fist like stones
I could hurl
through plate glass
or just hold
Biography
James Thurgood was born in Nova Scotia, grew up in Windsor,
Ontario, and now lives in Calgary. He has been a labourer, musician,
and teacher – not necessarily in that order. His poems have appeared
in various journals, anthologies, and in a collection, Icemen/Stoneghosts
(Penumbra Press). He is also the author of His Own Misfortune,
a work-in-progress. (James A. Thurgood's Word Salad)
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Previously published in Calgary Poetry Magazine:
"Pine, Prettier than Geranium" by Banafsheh M. Nasab.
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