To a Wood Tick

Gillian Harding-Russell has published three poetry collections, most recently I Forgot to Tell You (Thistledown, 2007). She has a chapbook, Poems for the Summer Solstice (Leaf Press), and Stories of Snow (Alfred Gustav) appearing later this year. Her work has been pub- lished in The Windsor Review and is forthcoming in Carousel and The Antigonish Review. A poem was shortlisted for the Winston Collins/Descant Prize in 2011. She lives in Regina.