jeudi 29 octobre 2015

Chatham-Kent 6. Essence Boreal

Essence Boreal
On the occasion of artist Lisa Marshall’s exhibit, “Boreal” (October 29, 2015)

This North48° is rich and fuzzy,
like a slice of well-aged gorgonzola
viens of blue and
wedges of soft leek
running through the solid
green frames of forest.

Panagapka is no Erie
no dirty Thames river for
Pakeshkag.
No these small pockets
are holy wells,
deep mosses tucked
within the arms of
the Anishnaabe eternal.

Spiky green leaves atop
a soft artichoke
centre,
reaching
for you to grab hold,
aborbing you in.
Here, you were born.

Here, you are.


dimanche 18 octobre 2015

SOQP

1.

Je cherche
Access.
a hierarchal foundation of
laws
policies
procedure –
the latter spawn
out of the former.

Who’s your fire call?
…your speed dial?

Professionals’
Acts
weave a fabric of
safe, positive spaces of learning,

threading, sewing,
knitting 52:2 past to Human
future
practice.



2.

In this lunch box of foods
we take out:
counsel and counseling;
icy-cold compliance (only if people aren’t pliable);
control to
carve out ‘best practice’
from Canada’s curriculum.

Crates of consistent
conditions.
Jars of policy sealed
with air-tight procedures
protecting pedagogy 2020.

No expulsion or suspension
without precedence.
(This poses problems
for pupils on the
progressive punishment continuum.)

A fiduciary Spring picnic with
BestInterests Board and BestInterests Students.

3.

You are cordially invited to
celebrate
the marriage
of
Sustantive Duty
&
Procedural Duty
in
SystemConsistency, ON

A reception will be held at
Negotiation Hall at the last minute.

Please RRSP #MitigatingFactors