voice | poetry
-By Shannon Laws
There’s a pebble in my boot named “That Night”
A callus has formed around it
I’ll never find a pearl in my sock
That time
the time I failed
That one time
that night
the night nothing worked
and you died
How sorry I am
Both legs limp
You could be 25 today
I could be walking straight
Shannon Laws is a poet, producer, and advocate for the arts. She is the recipient of the Village Books Literary Citizenship Award, two Mayor’s Arts Awards, and the “Dr. Asha Bhargava Memorial Award — Community Champion” from the Writers International Network in British Columbia. Shannon is the author of four poetry books and one poetry album. Since 2022, she has published Corridor, a free monthly poetry zine. She lives in Bellingham, Washington, near the Salish Sea. View more posts
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