Love at first sound

From the moment I heard Tanya Davis recite her poetry on the CBC radio I knew I had found a new love.


Last winter I attended a performance she gave in Fredericton - the honesty with which she delivered each and every line was humbling and inspiring.

keep it on my fridge

i could stretch more, complain less, be more dependable and stress less

confess my love to all the ones i've always wanted to

tell them what i'm thinking if they ever ask

be honest to myself let my hard feelings pass

if the people who i love don't pass my feelings back

i could become that person who always looks serene

the traffic doesn't bother me and neither do the bees

i could do more favours help more old ladies cross the street

savour my chocolate and behave more neighbourly

i could do lots of things

engage strangers in conversations, make more offerings

donate portions of my wages to poor places that are more worse off than me

i could do all of this and then some

write a list

keep in on my fridge

to keep my attention

but what are my intentions with this, is it about ethics or having my name mentioned

a frame of reference to guide my efforts or a game that i am in

and if i became this magnanamous person, maybe i would win

or maybe it's just a means to ease my conscience

make a list and cross things off of it

so that in this messed-up world i could feel content

well,

i'd like to think that peace of mind is a selfless goal but i guess it depends how you get there

which way you go

and i might be walking in the right direction but often it's hard to know

am i being too hard on myself or not hard enough at all

do i have appropriate goals

the right mix of big and small

realistic hopes or idealistic flaws

i don't know all this

it's why i questions it i guess

make committments to improve

lists of goals i should pursue

and then self reflect to keep myself in check

and do the best that i could do

Her website can be found at: http://www.tanyadavis.ca/index.html