“A bell is a bell” by Shana Ross

Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “A bell is a bell” by Shana Ross.


A bell is a bell

By Shana Ross

because of its hollow

and a mother

even the ones who do not stretch

around a living thing before

itโ€™s birthed – we make space

within ourselves and if

I say we ring when we are struck

I do not mean violence

necessarily


Copyright ยฉ Shana Ross

Previously published as part of the 2025 Button Poetry Short Form Contest.

Shana Ross is a newcomer to Edmonton, Alberta and Treaty 6 Territory. Qui transtulit sustinet. Her work can be found in Whale Road Review, Ninth Letter, Grain, Literary Review of Canada and more. She prefers walking in the woods to social media and budgets her time accordingly.


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