Lately

​she is always
grieving something
 
warm shallow breaths little
arms around her neck
 
the hollow of his back
as he falls asleep
 
the black summer night:      laser point stars
                                             that sometimes move
                                             and sometimes stay still
 
the white throated sparrow
and her plaintive call
 
all that is gone
and coming still

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About the writer
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Karen Vogt grew up in Manitoba and has spend most of her summers at her family’s cottage on Lake Winnipeg, drawing inspiration from all the creatures and biosystems that are at home in the ancient lake basin.  Karen is a social worker by day and a yoga/pilates/ukulele/piano playing being at night. Karen has a degree in English literature and has taken creative writing courses at the University of Winnipeg and through McNally Robinson bookstore’s classroom program. She has won an award for writing through the University of Winnipeg and sees herself as an emerging writer who has had some of her poetry published.
 
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