For two long weeks
the thermometer froze at –10,
refusing to believe
in spring.
And yet, every morning
my sole delight,
you, an instrument
of impeccable design,
little piccolo piping
from among the trees
to wake me from my
frosty dreams …
Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.
Bio:
Jeevan Bhagwat lives in Scarborough, Ontario. His work has been widely published in literary journals and websites, including the Windsor Review, the Feathertale Review, Archaeology, and the Prairie Journal. In 2003 and 2005, he won the Monica Ladell Prize for Poetry from the Scarborough Arts Council, and in 2015 he was the recipient of the Scarborough Urban Hero Award for Arts & Culture. His poetry books include The Weight of Dreams (IN Publications, 2012) and Luminescence (IN Publications, 2020).