Lauren Peat’s poems, translations, and interviews have appeared in AGNI, Asymptote, The Puritan, Volume, and elsewhere; her writing is also featured in the repertoire of acclaimed vocal ensembles across Canada. She currently lives on traditional Coast Salish territory (Vancouver), and at laurenpeatwrites.com.
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proofs of the living
Engraved in the nation of the body
That fetters or sets free
Unto implacable absence
Our lives
Will pave Life’s
Way.
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