Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “May” by Manahil Bandukwala.

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May

By Manahil Bandukwala

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Copyright © Manahil Bandukwala

Previously published in Heliotropia (Brick Books, 2024).

Manahil Bandukwala is a writer and visual artist. She is the author of Heliotropia (Brick Books, 2024; shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award and the Raymond Souster Award) and MONUMENT (Brick Books, 2022; shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award). She was selected as a Writer’s Trust of Canada Rising Star in 2023. See her work at manahilbandukwala.com.

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