Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Love You” by Louise Carson, which first appeared in Poetry Pause in October 2020.

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Love You

By Louise Carson

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Copyright © Louise Carson

First appeared in Poetry Pause in October 2020.

Louise Carson lives in a bungalow surrounded by gardens. She paid it off by teaching music. Now she just writes. She’s published three collections of poetry: The Truck Driver Treated for Shock, Yarrow Press, 2024; Dog Poems, Aeolus House, 2020; and A Clearing, Signature Editions, 2015. Her work has been selected for Best Canadian Poetry three times. ‘Love you’ appeared in BCP 2021. Louise also writes mysteries and historical fiction. Her two latest novels are: The Cat Looked Back, Signature, 2023; and Third Circle, land/sea press, 2022.

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