{"id":6396,"date":"2022-09-30T21:31:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T21:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farefwd.com\/?p=6396"},"modified":"2022-11-01T02:21:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T02:21:46","slug":"two-types-of-ibeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farefwd.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/30\/two-types-of-ibeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Types of Ibeks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Fare Forward Poetry Competition: First Place<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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By D.S. Martin<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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with thanks to David Attenborough & the BBC<\/em><\/div>
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There are those who believe in resurrection<\/div>
& those who don’t\u00a0\u00a0 (people\u00a0\u00a0 that is<\/div>
I’m talking about people)\u00a0\u00a0 & those<\/div>
rodeo cowgirls\u00a0\u00a0 in cliche clothes<\/div>
untangling lassoes of their own<\/div>
They lift their eyes toward mountains<\/div>
Where might their<\/em> help come from?<\/div>
It’s unthinkable\u00a0\u00a0 to think<\/div>
of the Athabasca Glacier<\/div>
dripping down to nothing<\/div>
though all it needs for rebirth<\/div>
is a new ice age\u00a0\u00a0 hard to imagine<\/div>
the Egyptians\u00a0\u00a0 Incas\u00a0\u00a0 & Inuit<\/div>
inventing the same proofless premise<\/div>
It’s like the instinct newborn ibeks get<\/div>
of how to bound along sheer slopes<\/div>
& how they know<\/div>
the pretty red fox\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is not<\/em><\/div>
their friend\u00a0\u00a0 There are two types<\/div>
of ibeks\u00a0\u00a0 those who thirst for the water<\/div>
a thousand feet down\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 & those<\/div>
already drinking<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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D.S. Martin<\/span><\/strong> is the author of five poetry collections, including <\/em>Ampersand (2018), <\/em>Conspiracy of Light: Poems Inspired by the Legacy of C.S. Lewis (2013), and his new book <\/em>Angelicus (2021)\u2014<\/span>all from Cascade Books. He is Poet-in-Residence at McMaster Divinity College. He is also the Series Editor for the Poiema Poetry Series, where he has edited more than thirty poetry collections and three anthologies. He and his wife live in Brampton, Ontario; they have two adult sons.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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