Relation

 

Natalie Simpson

 

 

from one unit of her body
to the next shambling refuge
from one torrent of mystery
to another formless garment
from one braid to lexicons
from mercury to hailsong
to catapults to trills
from one looping engagement
from depth to caressing
from leisure to winnowing need
from one limit of her apprehension
to the extension of her mapped pleasure
an endless girl tallying loss

 

 

Natalie Simpson is the author of accrete or crumble (LINEbooks 2006) and Thrum (Talonbooks 2014). Her poetry has appeared in several anthologies, including The Best Canadian Poetry in English, and many chapbooks, most recently Anonymous (Widow) Anonymous (Wife) (The Blasted Tree 2020). She practices pro bono law in Calgary.