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Poetry 1 min

Flow

Shone Thistle is an award winning poet, speaker, Stonewall Porchlight Award Honouree and Calgary’s 7th Poet Laureate serving from 2024-2026.

When surface water
paddled churns
dive deep
to quiet waters

Relax your gaze
reorient yourself
find silt
stone sky shimmer

The current is calling
and despite this setback
you still know how to swim

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