Osteoarthritis has caught up to me.
I figured I could outwalk it, but failed.
I suspect the disease might have cheated
because I was known as a speedy walker,
a gait that sometimes surprised even me.
But it caught and passed me anyway …
Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.
Bio:
Glen Sorestad’s poems have appeared previously in Queen’s Quarterly and in poetry publications around the world. His work has been translated into many languages; his most recent book of poems is the bilingual English/Italian book Selected Poems from Dancing Birches (2020). He lives in Saskatoon and was Saskatchewan’s first Poet Laureate (2000–2004).