Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “rosettes” by Sara Tejani.

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rosettes

By Sara Tejani

Tangled threads

–catch beneath the crescent

of my bitten thumbnail.

Each pull,

loosening another.

The frayed thread’

slips from the needle’s eye.

I can see rosettes,

before they’ve reached

the cloth.

The needle hesitates,

catches,

then finds its place again.

She’ll knot it beneath her chin,

drag it across the living room floor,

–for her.

I’ll watch her twirl in it

–round and round

cocooning herself.

Her hazel curls spilling

beneath folds.

Somewhere

beneath the rosettes,

every knot

holds my hands.

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Copyright © Sara Tejani

Sara Tejani is a 14-year-old poet based in Toronto, Canada. Her work has appeared in several literary publications, including Tap Into Poetry, Soul Poetry, and The Pandemonium Journal. She was also named a finalist in the Polar Expressions 2025 Poetry Contest. Beyond her poetry, Sara is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Resonance and serves as an editor at The Trailblazer Review. When she isn’t writing, she loves to row along Toronto’s waterfront.

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