Lit.Guruji

Excerpt from Treaty# by Armand Garnet Ruffo:On the Day the World Begins Again Treaty# On the day the world begins again will it be the strongest animal the swiftest bird or the tiniest insect that carries the news to humankind announces rebirth in a roar in a squeak or maybe in silence? On the day the world begins again will luminous light rise from parting clouds in unquestionable power and refract a miraculous prism of colour while the tallest white pine announces peace in a sprinkling of communion?  On the day the world begins again will those suspended behind bars in and between grey ugliness in their deadened shouts of protest float beyond their circle of cigarette burns and crude tattoos beyond their sharp cries of where they are and wish they were? On the day the world begins again will their re/imagined selves the shape of thought the shape of prayer bend like molten steel in the fire at the centre of the human heart Will they rise beyond themselves and find their way home ...

Bushed             By Earl Birney Earle Birney's poem "Bushed" tells the story of a man who decides to live alone in the wilderness. At first, he enjoys the beauty of nature and learns to survive on his own. But as time passes, the isolation starts to affect him. This poem explores the connection between man and nature.  At the beginning of the poem, the man imagines himself as having "invented the rainbow," a symbol of his initial belief that nature can be controlled or shaped by human effort. However, this illusion is shattered when lightning destroys the rainbow, and its remnants scatter into a mountain lake. This marks the realization that nature is beyond human control. Determined to survive, the man builds a house on the shore of the lake and commits to living off the land, eating porcupines and relying on his resourcefulness. At first, he ventures out at dawn, but as time passes, the mountain seems to turn against him, forcing him to rem...