Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Daphne, Midflight” by Lara Chamoun, winner of the 2026 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Canadian Youth, senior category.

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Daphne, Midflight

By Lara Chamoun

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Copyright © Lara Chamoun

Winner of the 2026 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Canadian Youth, senior category.

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