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Unsettling wonder by Nan Williamson

By League of Canadian Poets | April 25, 2023
Poem title: Unsettling wonder Poet: Nan williamson Poem: days go by when I lose hold of wonder when last night’s quarrel or news of fresh disasters blazing forests flooded cities families fleeing killing fields of war fresh-reported Covid numbers shove and push for my attention crowd out the emerald moon and dancing fools but they come back and I’m ambushed by bluesy words jazz-dancing down the syncopated page fragile stars frozen lace on winter windowpanes a revel of nasturtiums oranges scarlets yellows reflected in a shining copper pot the whole damn glorious dazzle End of poem. Credits and bio: Copyright © Nan Williamson Previously published in leave the door open for the moon, Jackson creek Press, 2015. Nan Williamson is a teacher, artist, poet, living in Peterborough. She is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers, Toronto, 2013. Her chapbook, leave the door open for the moon, was published by Jackson Creek Press in 2015. More than sixty of her poems have been published in juried literary journals and anthologies in Canada, the US and the UK. Her poem “Interlude” has been set to music in the album OneSky by Alani Keiser 2017. Her poem ‘Georgian Bay Meditation’ was chosen by the League of Canadian Poets for the April 30th 2020 Poem in your Pocket Day and her poem, “Demonic Snow” was heard as episode #48 of the Eh Poetry Podcast July 16th, 2022. Currently she will be featured at a poetry reading in Peterborough, for National Poetry Month, April, 2023.
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