“Golden Shovel after Pat Lowther” by Erin Emily Ann Vance
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Golden Shovel after Pat Lowther
By Erin Emily Ann Vance
She called it a cradle. she called it
The sun. The bodyโher body, is
Ready for its final fitting
Now, let her feet sink into the sandโto
Walk straight into the wind is to let the sky strangle
You. She birthed a labyrinth of violence and it is inside of me
That she burns quiet. In
The fruit bowl is a great green gourd, the
Ghost of a vegetable, stone set to mesh
Listen, the last day of
April is the pink phlox moon suspended in a crystal glass, my
Skin sparks with saltwater, she is a moon jellyfish, stranded by her own
Need to continue this burden of making.
Copyright ยฉ Erin Emily Ann Vance
Erin Emily Ann Vance is a Canadian poet based in the Orkney Islands and Okotoks, Alberta. Her work has appeared in publications such as Contemporary Verse 2, EVENT Magazine, and The Literary Review of Canada. Vanceโs debut collection of poetry, A History of Touch, was published by Guernica Editions in 2022.
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