Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Vivaldi at the Care Home” by Leanne McIntosh, which first appeared in Poetry Pause in June 2020.

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Vivaldi at the Care Home

By Leanne McIntosh

Wild

exuberant

springtime

evoked by

string and bow

those movements

of lightning

thunder

the little birds

uncommon

flashes of light

through trees

the residents

tired

of changing

seasons

allegros

struggling

to be bright.

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Copyright © Leanne McIntosh

First appeared in Poetry Pause in June 2020.

Leanne McIntosh’s poems have been read on radio, in cafes, farmhouses, parking lots and boat ramps, marked homelessness, waterfront development, trees waiting clear cut, and pipeline expansions. She has three books of poetry published by Leaf Press and Oolichan Books. Leanne lives in Nanaimo, BC.

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