a pillow for my daughter
and a farm under each leg
to sup nightly on dreams of
fields in Quebec whose clean lines
are a well-practised penmanship.
sweat blond hay slicked back
for picture day, you know the cows
are happy, the cheese is rich
and there’s no rust in the buckets.
something to be said for
doing the same ol’ thing…
Ann Shin
Ann Shin has been published in anthologies and magazines in Canada and the United States. Her first book of poetry, The Last Thing Standing, was published by Mansfield Press (2000). A suite of poems from her latest poetry manuscript, Belonging, was broadcast on CBC Radio One’s Living Out Loud.