New Poem: "They"

 

“They”

 

The troubled soul is literary gold,

and literature will never run out

of this mineral. Calling herself “they,”

she alchemized her grief away in

ardent verse. Listening to Gabrielle

Calvocoressi on the New Yorker

Radio Hour, my favorite writer John

Updike’s favourite magazine, I

was moved to say, “It’s going to be

a wonderful day, knowing that life

is always mending the troubled soul

with the wisdom of poetry.

 

Composed in Tiny Beaches,

Georgian Bay, Southcentral, Ontario

Sunday, December 14, 2025