another
petal falls
from the jar
of tulips
onto the
blue woolen
shawl printed
with masses
of flowers
scrambling
along the
fringed border
outside it’s
snowing it
keeps snowing
the flowers
drop petals
the flowers
keep growing
—
Susan Gillis is a poet and editor living on the edge of the Canadian Shield. Her most recent books are Yellow Crane (Brick, 2018) and Caution Tape (in collaboration with Yoko’s Dogs; Collusion, 2021).
