“I Brought You A Canadian Sky” by Karen Shenfeld
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “I Brought You A Canadian Sky” by Karen Shenfeld.
I Brought You A Canadian Sky
By Karen Shenfeld
and from my sky
snow fell
on the holm oaks, palms
too showy flowers
on tanned sand
Julyโs snow shocked bathers
I put on
my goose down parka
looked out
from the look out
to the sea
where six fins flashed
and a lone seal
bobbed like a buoy
you asked why
did I come
why did I stay
I heard
the silence
of your words
calling from
a courageous page
Copyright ยฉ Karen Shenfeld
Karen Shenfeld has authored four books of poetry, including her latest, To Measure the World (Ekstasis Editions, 2020). Her poetry has also appeared in English and translation in journals and anthologies published in Canada, the U.S., England, Mexico, Spain, South Africa, India, and Bangladesh.
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