Turnings
by Doris Fiszer
Turnings
by Doris Fiszer
Fire, storm, flood, warfare
somewhere, always—I barely
make it out of bed some days.
Seasons pass like shadows over water.
Heat returns, followed by cold
so numbing even the trees tremble.
I’m no longer certain of anything.
Yet, this life, this breath. This summer
I couldn’t get enough
of the various shades of green.Doris Fiszer is a Canadian poet. Her publications include If I Were A River and Locked in Different Alphabets, which was a finalist for the 2021 Archibald Lampman Award. She has published two chapbooks, The Binders and Sasanka (Wild Flower). Her poems have appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies across Canada and the United States.
