Welcome to Poetic Licence – a weekly poetry forum, hosted by us, featuring words by local poets. This week? Something different: a poem written for Vancouverite Jackie Kai Ellis by a stranger on the streets of Paris.
A moment in Paris
"Today I was wandering in Paris and walked past a young traveler carrying a sign that said 'will write poems'. I followed him and asked if he would write me one, and he did.
Deep are the waters
Where her eyes swim
Smoke chains
Upon the brows
Thunders trace back
Their footsteps
Busy road frames
The mind
–by someone, for the black lioness
It was my favourite moment in the day. Thank you Paris."
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