by Louise Carson
The angels are thin here.
Like needles.
Dance for pins.
When they fall through the ice
no one comes looking.
The captain ordered west by south-west.
He built the boat with money left over from his operation.
We saluted.
Turn me.
I reflect everything.
Louise Carson
Louise Carson lives in a bungalow surrounded by 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, haiku, Yarrow Press, 2024; Dog Poems, Aeolus House, 2020; and A Clearing, Signature Editions, 2015. She’s been selected for Best Canadian Poetry three times. She also writes mysteries and historical fiction. Her two latest books in these genres are The Cat Looked Back, Signature, 2023; and Third Circle, land/sea press, 2022.
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