Still Life with Shadows

Poetry
Written By Susan Robertson

Susan Robertson

Friable soft yellow 

faded to fawn—

three daffodils

left to dry

in a small brown bottle

that once held

tincture of rose

gifted to you

by your niece 

for anxiety

after the news

rest on the desk 

next to your mother’s diary

held together 

with a rubber band.

Susan Robertson

Susan Robertson grew up outside Washington, D.C. but has made her home in Canada for years. Her poems have appeared in journals in Canada and the United States including Prairie Fire, Parentheses, the Offing, Grain, HAD, The Ex-Puritan and Psaltery & Lyre. Baseline Press will publish her first chapbook in 2025.

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