“Arbutus” by Stephanie Ross
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Arbutus” by Stephanie Ross, part of the League’s Fresh Voices program.
Arbutus
By Stephanie Ross
alone in its nakedness in the backdrop of needles,
orange wood shines as its brackened partner
reflects its curves reaching towards lakeโs center,
this meniscus holding arbutusโ form
as if in two places
resting together as one
this reflection, a perspective in stillness
which the dirt bound maintains
in the wake of cottagers speeding by
with three hundred horsepower of unnoticing
Copyright ยฉ Stephanie Ross
Stephanie Ross is a Ren Xue Yuan Qigong teacher and Canadian writer. Her work spans poetry, fiction, and spiritual inquiry originating in her life cultivation practice โ Ren Xue. She brings together personal experience, nature, and her inner work, inviting readers into a stillness we can all access when we develop connection to our heart and True Self. Her work is published in White Wall Review, RXA Qiblog, Tiger Moth, and Braided Way Magazine among others.
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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