Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Grecian Windflower” by Jean-Paul Thuot, part of the 2025 Poem in Your Pocket Day collection.

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Grecian Windflower

By Jean-Paul Thuot

I stop at the edge

of the lake

as I have always done

in this moment.

The heron, there

in mid-flight

between two

breaths, while

Mist dances

ecstatic across

the water’s smooth skin.

Just this. Just this.

Where does the singing

come from all around,

speaker and spoken

prayer and prayer

saying, make this body perfect

it is the soil from which I rise

springlike, again as I always have

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Copyright © Jean-Paul Thuot

Published as part of the 2025 Poem in Your Pocket Day collection

Jean-Paul Thuot lives on lək̓ʷəŋən First Nations land, known as Vancouver Island British Columbia, where he draws great inspiration from nature and observing humans in all facets of their lives. Writing with vivid imagery and spare language, he seeks to draw attention to the hidden and introspective side of lived experience. His work has been accepted by Marion West, The Brussels Review, Pictura Journal and others. 

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