“quavering” by JR MacLean
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “quavering” by JR MacLean, part of the League’s Fresh Voices program.
quavering
By JR MacLean
a voice within
the anxiety-riddled
quavering of my mother
sometimes disguises itself
as me
but I
am too smart for it
I head it off at the pass
show it my badge
which quavers
dull red on my chest
reflecting the setting sun.
Copyright ยฉ JR MacLean
JR MacLean is a retired Home Improver living in Peterborough, Ontario. He writes sporadically and has published a satirical novel called Waking Up Gilligan about his experiences in the notorious Osho ashram in Oregon in the early eighties.
Fresh Voices is a publication and workshop program created by and for the League’s associate members, curated and edited by Erin Vance.
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