nan kept my mother in by Allie Duff

after one summer when she went to camp, got stung by a bee
and nearly died.

because of this
my mother encouraged me to explore.
live fiercely, she said. get stung.

This poem was featured in Issue 07 of Canthius.

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Allie Duff is a multidisciplinary artist from St. John's, NL. Her poems have been published in Riddle Fence, Newfoundland Quarterly, newpoetry.ca, among others. Allie was an honourable mention in CV2's Young Buck poetry prize in 2020.