Linda Perschonke is a native of Kitchener, Ontario. She holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Waterloo and is currently employed as a knowledge architect for major insurance company. Dark Planet is designed and edited by Lucy A. Snyder. If you spot any errors, or if you have any comments, please contact her at lusnyde@cyberus.ca. All materials copyright 1996-1999 by their respective creators. No stories, articles, poems or images from this webzine may be posted or published without the written consent of their creator(s).

In Recognition of Love and Pain by Linda Perschonke The force of bleeding words Traps helpless tears Like rotting newspapers Suspended from broken branches Hanging laundry of lullaby memories Guarded Hasty passages to destinations That guarantee nothing But indifference Coarse sand soothes burnt souls Abrasive to the centre of passion Where blistered hope cracks And leaks more sorrow Than the eyes betray