1
If you want to see far,
turn your back on the sun.
Don’t look for the road you are walking on.
2
Knock at your door.
That was your self you were talking to.
Politeness can’t hurt.
M. Travis Lane went to Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1960, loved it, became Canadian in 1973. Her 15th collection of poetry, Crossover, will be brought out by Cormorant Press in 2015. A monograph on her work by Shane Neilson, Jan Zwicky and Jeanette Lynes is also coming out shortly.
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