Here is the full text of Pemberton poet, Trish Belsham's award-winning poem, Let Birds Fly. LET BIRDS FLY Skirt hem scraping dips and folds into The rough wooden floorboards Open spacious barn, I circle palm In hand to his velvet touch Starlings swoop and scream high in the hole To sky, where the roof peaks, … Continue reading Inspiration: “Let Birds Fly”
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Work in Progress: poet Trish Belsham
For the sixth year in a row, Whistler has been quietly embedding poetry into its public spaces at the Poet's Pause sculpture on Alta Lake. An annual call for submissions invites poets to embed their word art in Whistler's wild places. This year, new Pemberton resident, Trish Belsham, was the poet selected as winner of … Continue reading Work in Progress: poet Trish Belsham