Sep 9, 2021
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A poem by Martha Silano (RIP)
Is This My Last Ferry Trip?
Is this the last time I’ll admire the guys in their neon-yellow slickers, guiding us to our parking spots before we head up
two flights to the passenger deck, to the cafeteria where a man in a black derby and black suspenders nods and smiles
as he nibbles popcorn? In honor of this maybe last trip to San Juan Island, the last time I hear that somber wail of a horn,
I’m gonna go see if there’s anything I can eat, and of course there is: Ivar’s clam chowder, just what the nutritionist ordered:
extra cream, extra butter, tiny potatoes I easily swallow. Two spoons: one for me, one for the man otherwise known as my personal
representative. When the time comes, he will help me administer the cocktail that kills, but until then it’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, his book about Vronsky and Anna,
my book about the journey to the Higgs boson, while our daughter calls to remind us to take pictures of things
she can draw—a sprig of rose hips, a clump of serviceberries. A deer she nicknamed Chewy. Bellies full of chowder, we almost forget one of us is dying.
Martha Silano (1961-2025)
More poems by Martha Silano are available through her website.
Martha Silano died earlier this week. RIP.
Copyright Credit: Martha Silano, “Is This My Last Ferry Trip?” from Poetry, vol. 225, no. 3. (Chicago: Poetry Magazine, December 2024)
Sound up for water
On my way home, just a short ferry trip but it always feels romantic and adventurous.
Heading home tonight, back to my little apartment and my dog-less existence. Watched a sleek silver freckled harbor seal doing barrel rolls in the shallows. I always hope to see a whale! No luck, yet.
Speed Ferry from Heaven Island to Sihanoukville and Back to Phnom Penh City
A Day Trip to Bowen Island
A Day Trip to Bowen Island @tourismbowen #yvr #travel
If you need to get away from the city for a weekend, or even just the day, hop on a ferry and sail across to Bowen Island. It’s just a 30-minute ride from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver or Granville Island. This idyllic island with its pristine beauty and tranquil shores is the perfect getaway. Curtis and I took the English Bay Launchfrom Granville Island, it’s 30 minutes and passenger only.…
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