“Dandelions of Humboldt” by Micheline Maylor
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Dandelions of Humboldt” by Micheline Maylor, which first appeared in Poetry Pause in July 2020.
Dandelions of Humboldt
By Micheline Maylor
In the Co-op over the coffee cream and frozen pies,
Mabel made โem fresh yesterday. Dads and daughters,
McDonaldโs ice cream after the ballpark game.
A town infused with meaning, a pointed perspective,
a railway line. The doorway holds a glass urn heart,
the coffee beats/drips deep the pulse, platitudes.
Generations of familiarity: Not much rain. Nope.
Crops suffering. Yup. Jimmyโs got steak and sauce on special.
Everyone just being there, under the 180 degree sky.
Copyright ยฉ Micheline Maylor
First appeared in Poetry Pause in July 2020.
Dr. Micheline Maylorย is a Poet Laureate emerita of Calgary (2016-18). She was awarded the Queenโs Platinum Jubilee Award for literary contributions to Alberta in 2022. She is the senior acquisitions editor (poetry) at Frontenac House Press. Her most recent work is an introduction to Hunger: The Poetry of Susan Musgrave. Wilfred Laurier Press 2025.ย
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