“in a slice of tourtière” by Elena Bentley
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “in a slice of tourtière” by Elena Bentley, part of the 2026 Poem in Your Pocket Day collection.
in a slice of tourtière
By Elena Bentley
Copyright © Elena Bentley
Published as part of the 2026 Poem in Your Pocket Day collection.
Elena Bentley is a multi-genre writer, editor, and proud Métis aunty from Saskatchewan. Her poetry chapbook, taliped, was published by 845 Press in 2023, and she’s the author of the children’s picture books The Pickle in Grandma’s Fridge (YNWP, 2022) and the forthcoming I Love My Aunty Because (GDI Press, 2026). She was longlisted for the 2024 CBC Poetry Prize, and her poems can be found in Arc Poetry, The Malahat Review, PRISM international, and Room, among others. Elena is the Editor for Grain magazine.
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