Richard-Yves Sitoski

Bereavement

In grief I twist my lips
into odd shapes,
each sound one I’ve never made,

each word new
though all I do
is repeat your name.

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When not fulfilling his duties as the 2019-2022 Poet Laureate of Owen Sound, Ontario, Richard-Yves Sitoski makes sounds on guitar not heard since the Cretaceous. rsitoski.com / @r_sitoski

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