Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Solitude” by Katerina Kucher.

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Solitude

By Katerina Kucher

solitude is a gift

that comes with the night

that is the last beam of light before all the lights go off

that is words of a poem

that is illumination

that strikes you on Wednesday afternoon

that is knowledge

that comes with the knowledge of the one

greater than oneself

solitude is a gift

of the absence of any gift

of the absence of desire

of the absence of lack

of the absence of family

of the absence of shelter

solitude is a gift

for those who dive in

and leave their clothing

at the shore

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Copyright © Katerina Kucher

Katerina Kucher is an emerging poetry writer based between Toronto and Lisbon. Her poetry explores themes of various sensual and spiritual experiences following the transformations one goes throughout their life. Using poetic rhythms as if jumping from one key to another, Katerina attempts to help a reader get into a certain immersive state where one can look inwards and awaken personal associations with the themes presented.

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