Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “incandescent” by Krista Carson.

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incandescent

By Krista Carson

i’m hazy, fetal

in this river

of bedsheets.

when i enter

this electric pain,

i am inward—

migraine.

until it fades,

and i unfurl

my self, wild—

a soft, crazy petal.

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Copyright © Krista Carson

Originally published in Out of the Woods: Voices of the Forest City (2025).

Krista Carson writes poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction, often exploring nature/culture themes. She graduated from the distinguished Humber School for Writers and is pursuing a PhD at the University of Gloucestershire. Her work has recently appeared in Motherlore, SWAMP, and Synkroniciti. Krista teaches part-time at the post-secondary level and lives in London, Ontario with her husband, daughter, and whippet.

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