“This white” by Louise Carson
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This white
By Louise Carson
This white is hard and difficult to approach.
Morning after morning, there it is,
sends you back to bed with legs that ache
from yesterdayโs shovelling.
But itโs your eyes that suffer most.
It glares like an angry teacher,
makes you blink, shrink back.
And you feel with a shiver,
youโre used to always being cold,
except for those delicious few moments, when, just waking,
youโre naked, warm, not old.
Copyright ยฉ Louise Carson
Louise Carson lives in a bungalow surrounded with gardens. She paid for it by teaching music. Now she just writes. She’s published three collections of poetry: The Truck Driver Treated for Shock, Yarrow Press; Dog Poems, Aeolus House; and A Clearing, Signature Editions. Her work has been selected for inclusion in Best Canadian Poetry three times. Louise also writes historical fiction and mysteries. Her most recent book is The Cat Laughs, Signature, 2025. Louise lives near Montreal, QC.
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