stories & poems
Forrest Orser
Author, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Westmorland Street Bridge
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Photo by Forrest Orser
I want you to read what I’ve written, so I set up this website to make it easy. Here, all in one place, you can find every short story or poem I’ve ever had published — more than two decades of work rooted in Fredericton and the St. John River. If you want to read a story or poem, click on the title.
– Forrest Orser
Stories
Lions Are a Lot Like Us
Soap and Sex
Wild Horses on an Island
Assorted Mooseheads
Poems
Your call is not important to us
we would have hired a person to answer the phone.
But we don’t care…
Balance
my ceiling fixed;
I don’t have time
to do my laundry…
The zed poem
He is using a zoom lens
when he happens to…
Back from Jamaica
There it’s hot and sunny — here it’s cold and icy.
Last night,
I…
About the Author
I’ve only lived in two cities and they are both on the St. John River. I grew up in Saint John, NB, and I’ve lived in Fredericton for more than 50 years. For 33 of those years, I was a reporter and an editor with The Daily Gleaner, Fredericton’s newspaper. And, for all those years, what I really wanted to do was write poems and short stories all the time. Now, that’s exactly what I get to do… Continue reading →
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Forrest welcomes correspondence from readers, publishers, and anyone who wants to talk about writing in New Brunswick.