Written by Joseph Dyck — Preface: Joseph Dyck is a UofL BASc student. This poem was inspired by a poem published by The Meliorist on April 29, 2024, titled “Divided Heart” and written by Guadalupe Vial Ulloa. — Divided Heart, I know it well,within my desiccated shell. How can one reconcile two worlds, two selves, too much heaven, too much hell?Yearning always, under the spell. The drop of rain knows no such rift, not while upon the blustery chinook adrift,nor when meandering through ebb and flow,indiscriminate of prairie canal or Whistler snow. But the aged atoms envy our brief light,since we make meaning in our flight. In Manitoba, sweet maples,…



