Moonless Dark

By Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews

this is a night of storms
the kind that swells evening waves
surprising us with moonless dark

rain splintering against window panes
reopening old wounds

this is a night of storms
rage of high winds
tormented sleep
howling lake and trees
dragging torrents of memories
into gutters, merging
reality with dreams

fear's cold hands on my shoulders
lightning crackling at the window

this house or another
love here, or gone 


Bio


Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews has written five collections of poetry:  "The Whispers of Stones", "Sea Glass", "The Red Accordion", "Letters from the Singularity" and "A Jar of Fireflies". Nature and one's place in it, as well as memory and social justice are her muse.

Her poems "The Red Accordion" and "Emerald City" were shortlisted for Descant's Winston Collins Best Canadian Poem Prize and The Malahat Review's Open Seasons Award respectively.  In 2015, her poem "Ghost" received first prize in Toronto's Big Pond Rumours Journal Contest.

Josie is the author of two non-fiction books: "How The Italians Created Canada" and "In the Name of Hockey." She lives, teaches and writes in Oakville Ontario, Canada.