Galvanized sun spike
crowns a trident of rock lizards
to stone walls,
the ermine breeze wrinkling the reed lake—
a random garden the diver walks
to where the land tapers into igneous pavilion.
Johnson peak de-buttressed
metavolcanic rocks—
a locomotive of intention
down over the Hope-Princeton.
K dreams of a night swim:
the e-string pluck and grace
windmilling synchronicity—
palms cupping the dark chestward.
You survive, she says,
Tammy Armstrong grew up in the border town of St. Stephen New Brunswick, Canada. She studied at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, earning an Master in Fine Arts in Creative Writing. In 2003, she changed coasts and moved to Halifax where she taught English as a Second Language. Today, she lives in Fredericton New Brunswick where she writes and teaches literacy to adults with physical disabilities. Her poetry and short stories appear frequently in Canadian, American and International literary magazines including: Arc, The Fiddlehead, The Saltzburg Review and New American Writing as well as many anthologies.