Kyeren Regehr
granting of a penny wish
druthers
something beloved
Am truly all
those hackneyed phrases
shopworn and cloying
unbelieving
Am madly
tripping light-headed
fantastically
smouldering the grass
with each step bursting
all the roses golden
gilded
everything I touch
Kyeren Regehr’s first collection, Cult Life, will be published by Pedlar Press, spring 2020. She has twice received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, and her work has appeared in journals and anthologies in Canada, Australia, and the U.S.
