“Sun Sneaks Through Leaves” by Katherine Koller
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Sun Sneaks Through Leaves” by Katherine Koller.
Sun Sneaks Through Leaves
By Katherine Koller
I am four and cut
my bangs to the limit
baby teeth thrilled
hanging on to a branch
of the apple tree
in my red cord jumper
among yellow apples
like a robin.
The photo is lost
but the image of
my dad taking it
fills me up like sun.
Copyright ยฉ Katherine Koller
Previously published in Funicular.
Katherine Koller lives in Edmonton and writes for stage, screen, and page. Books are Voices of the Land, plays; Art Lessons, a novel; Winning Chance: Stories; and Earthen: Stories (upcoming). Her poetry has appeared in Prairie Journal, NorthWord, Happiness Reflected, Funicular, The Lupine Review, Fire from the Heart and online at Poetry Pause. She was a winner in the Murielโs Journey Poetry Prize this year.
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