Richard L. Provencher's blog

Richard L. (Laurent) Provencher is my name; born Sept. 10, 1942 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada. Married Esther (Ogden) March 27, 1975 in Sarnia, Ontario. Three of our children live in Ontario and British Columbia - our youngest son age 52 passed away in 2021 from lung problems. My wife & I live in Truro, Nova Scotia. My brain aneurysm in 1999 retired me from the working world, three months after my job of 14 years was phased out. Years of...

A prowler in the world is really a storm of wind- at times solemn determined to drink all of the wine in your life. But today the sun brings life- dispels anger & hostility. Just left church enthralled by the massage of good-will common sense & being forgiven.

I am the moonlight on the land – the smack of glitter on the lake the beam for nightly shapes that whisper in the wind. Soon I will be a slice of sunshine.

Many years ago, my age was lower. I was an active lad, a dreamer and time meant fishing, being with buddies and looking forward to 14 when I could go to the movies, since in Quebec most theatres were closed to the under 14 crowd --- a fire in Montreal ravaged 400 victims and that was the knee-jerk reaction to the tragedy. As I continue to add numbers to my age, the past is often relived, through my poems and short stories.

Hello good people. I am trying this out for the first time, and somehow hope to join up with my Blog on my website: www.wsprog.com/rp/ .