Picture this. You’re walking down a freshly groomed trail in winter, it’s a crystal-clear calm night, just below freezing. Your breath dissipates in the air. It smells like Christmas and it reminds you of exactly […]
The writing and photography of Mandy Joy Poole
Category: Short Stories
The Ocean’s Soul
The mist lingered on top of the water for 15 minutes longer today. He took another sip of coffee and rocked slowly in his chair on the front deck of the cottage they once coined […]
Breaking Bread.
The sunlight tangoed across the dusty dashboard. Her fingers tapped to the tune of “Crazy,” by Patsy Cline. “No one sings it quite like you Patsy,” she said aloud to no one in particular. Her […]
There Were No Edges.
No one could find the edge of her heart – truth is, there were no edges. The love she had for everyone and everything was infinite.. and it was reciprocated. I don’t know of anyone who wasn’t in […]
On the corner of Death and Disaster
I caught you eyeing me too many times to count, and all I could do was smile. Looking back now, did you ever think the girl you met at the corner of death and disaster […]
Open Your Eyes
The night fell like a black cloak surrounding the bay. The snow glistens on the mountain tops from beneath the glow of the rising moon. A polar bear and her two cubs creep quietly across […]
Dreaming
How gracefully your fingertips touched the brim of my glasses Pulling them gently as to not disturb the hair on my forehead. That was the gentlest you’d ever been. The sun beat down and paraded […]
Trapped on the Labrador Barrens.
I was thinking tonight, as I was trying desperately to fall asleep, about a skidoo trip that my Dad and I took when I was 14-15 years old. We took a three hour run to […]
What you need to know about a Labrador child
I feel the need to make comment about a recent situation that has made national headlines. A 14-year-old boy from Makkovik Labrador who went missing on his snowmobile and was found frozen to death on […]
Pocket knife
As far back as I can remember my grandfather Hubert carried an old wooden and brass handled knife in his pocket. Often times I would see him sitting outside widdling a small stick with it […]
Because they lived.
I was thinking tonight, as I placed an overflowing amount of towels in the washer, how good we really have it. I know, I know, the topic isn’t new, but can you really see yourself […]
iAddict
By Mandy Poole * this article is also featured at mindyourmind.ca on the ‘community’ blog section. Each day the human body conducts an effortless amount of tasks almost unnoticeably. We awaken, we use the bathroom, […]
Nurse In Charge
Nurse in Charge By Mandy Poole ST. LEWIS – With a population of about 220 people, St. Lewis is home to three grocery stores, a single gas station, a post office, an all-grade school, a […]
Hills Cove
This is where I come from, this is who I am. I was raised here until I was four years old. My parents were forced to relocate to St. Lewis, Labrador, so that I could […]
the Troubadour Online — Egypt story
Broken promises: Egyptian woman believes Mubarak falls short as leader By Stephanie Tobin and Mandy Poole Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s refusal to step down from his position has caused protests throughout Egypt and sent shockwaves […]
Troubadour
My very first published story in a Newspaper. This is the Troubadour magazine/newspaper that circulates around Newfoundland and Labrador’s highschools, colleges, hospitals, government buildings & more! Keep an eye out for it. I’m page 23 […]
