RALPH HOLLAND WILSON Born in Ottawa in 1953, Ralph Holland Wilson worked as a reporter for the Ottawa Citizen, United Press Canada and the Edmonton Sun before moving to the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1981 as a public affairs officer in Calgary. He was transferred to Montreal in 1984 where he served as CPR's manager, employee communications, responsible for production of CPR News, the railway's award-winning company newspaper. He directed the railway's communication effort during its head office relocation to Calgary in 1995. He left CPR in 1999. Today he lives in Waterdown, Ontario, with his wife Anne. Wilson is a freelance writer and communication consultant. SHARDS Publisher: Wallbridge House Publishing Author: Ralph Holland Wilson See larger cover sample Price: $9.95 CAN/$8 US ISBN: 0-9688255-0-8 Year: 2000 Cover: Soft Pages: 24 Category: Poetry A SAMPLE FROM SHARDS: THE BLIZZARD A blizzard of impeccable quality, With winds that'd rip your cheeks off. Nothing city-slicker about this beast, An arctic rival howling down Bishop, Racing round the corner at Ste-Catherine, Ricocheting off cop cars, Urgence santé, Purolator. Sidewalkers doubled over, Clenching overcoats, scarves and teeth. It threw back its wild, snowy mane and belly-laughed. A vicious comic, Icy fingers tickling under skirts And whipping away clacques; Rolling drunks into burgundy stains in the snow. Oh, but it had a violence so supreme, Blue and white and raging, Then echoing off to Maine. HOME | SITE MAP | ORDERING INFO | AUTHOR SIGNUP | ADVERTISE | CONTACT US