Josephine LoRe

a pearl in this diamond world … Josephine LoRe has published Unity and The Cowichan Series. Her words have been put to music, danced to, and integrated into visual art. Her poetry can be found in anthologies and literary journals in Canada, the US, England, Japan, India, Wales, France, Ireland and China.

https://www.josephinelorepoet.com/


Short Fiction

The Winds

Josephine LoRe

where foothills snuggle western peaks
winds blow mercury from twenty below
to thirteen above in a day
the city duvetted
sky blue under silver-arc cloud
winter reprieve
snow-eater, the ... [+]

Short Fiction

Rhetorical Questions

Josephine LoRe

I asked the universe Now?
It said No. Wait.
Why not now?
Why does the earth turn despite the sinking of the polar caps?
Why do we see only the one face of the moon –
is the ... [+]

Short Fiction

The Recipe

Josephine LoRe

Leafing through the yellowed pages of her mother’s journal were the pages she had been looking for ,crisp from frequent turnings, marked by small blobs of batter, a ring from an inadvertent cup of ... [+]