| Acknowledgments | 2 |
| DEDICATION | 5 |
| Table of Contents | 7-8 |
ISLAND |
9 |
| Spirit of Vancouver Island (art) | 9 |
| Close Call | 10 |
| Duffer (art) | 10 |
| * Flora vs Fawn | 11-18 |
| Rose Bouquet (art) | 18 |
| * Sunflowers | 19-26 |
| Sunflowers (art) | 19 |
| * Fishing | 27 |
| The Fishing Hole (art) | 28 |
| Beach at Nanoose (art) | 28 |
| The Island | 29-35 |
| The Mountain (art) | 35 |
| Island Tango (art) | 35 |
| The Shovel | 36-42 |
| Winter Barn (art) | 42 |
WOMAN |
43 |
| The Dieter | 43 |
| * The Writer | 44-46 |
| * Poet? | 47 |
| Working Mom | 48 |
| * The Joke | 49 |
| The Truck Driver's Wife | 50 |
| Medical Exam | 51 |
| Mother of the Groom | 52-56 |
| The Value of Ceremony | 57-60 |
| Paula | 61-67 |
| Violet Vase (art) | 67 |
| Reflections(art) | 68 |
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| CHILDREN | 69 |
| Adventure (art) | 69 |
| The Immigrants | 70-77 |
| * The Project | 78-87 |
| * The Accusation | 88-93 |
| * Yva | 94-98 |
| At the Cabin (art) | 99 |
| The Old Barn (art) | 99 |
| Sarah's Dragon | 100-101 |
| * Problem Child | 102-103 |
| * Jessica Messica Goes to Nanoose | 104-108 |
| Fires Burning | 109-111 |
| Dragon in the Basement | 109 |
| House Fire | 109 |
| Fireworks | 110 |
| Forest Fire | 110 |
| Campfire | 111 |
| Ambition | 111 |
"Island Tango" Nadia Shworan '98
* Previously published and/or contest winners |
