Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “PEACH MOOD FLOOD” by Robyn Kaur Sidhu, part of our 2024 Poem in Your Pocket Day collection!

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PEACH MOON FLOOD

by Robyn Kaur Sidhu

recall those earth shaking rainstorms & me daydreaming of us through the downpour & my cigarette butts sinking into damp soil & you drowning in everything i had to say & getting drenched from the storm, sweat & spit & everything in my basement flooded & my memories of you submerging & sinking into antique carpet & all my outlets fritzed & the power on my block went out & i dropped my phone in a puddle on the corner of haddon avenue when i finally got up to go buy the candles & i could not reach you & it cut me off from everything you did not say to me & that fall we rusted in a thousand languages

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Robyn Kaur Sidhu (she/he/they) is a queer, mad, disabled, Punjabi poet. They have had feelings publicly, and have performed them on stages across Turtle Island and the United Kingdom. They are the creative director of Hot Damn it’s a Queer Slam, and a youth educator of consent, 2SLGBTQ+ identity, poetry and visual arts. They will occasionally break out into poetry on the street, and they are trying to be the adult they needed as a kid. You can find Robyn on the internet if that’s your thing @Robyn_Sidhu

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